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REVISED  EDITION. 


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Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress, 
in  the  year  1849, 

By  LANE  &  SCOTT, 

In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the 
Southern  District  of  New-York. 


ADDRESS 

To  the  Members  and  Friends  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

The  Hymn  Book  heretofore  in  use  among  xm 
was,  in  our  opinion,  unsurpassed.  But  the 
General  Conference  of  1848,  judging  that  the 
volume  could  be  improved  by  a  careful  revision, 
and  by  judiciously  multiplying  the  number  of 
hymns,  appointed  a  Committee,  c 
ministers  and  laymen,  to  prepare  a  standard 
edition  of  the  Methodist  Hymn  Book.*  This 
Committee,  having  finished  the  work  assigned 
them,  submitted  it  to  the  examination  of  th» 
Book  Committee,  and  of  the  Editors  of  the  Baik 
Concern  ;  and  having  been  approved  by  them, 
it  came  before  us  for  a  final  review.  Our  ex- 
amination has  been  as  thorough  as  the  limited 
time  at  onr  disposal  allowed.  Although  we 
reluctantly  part  with  Bome  of  the  familiar 
hymns  of  the  old  book,  and  though,  perhaps, 

*The  Committee  were  Rev.  D.  Dailey,  Rev. 
J.  B.  Alverson,  Rev.  J.  Floy,  Rev.  D.  Patten, 
jun.,  Rev.  F.  Merrick,  Mr.  R.  A.  West,  and 
Mr.  D.  Creamor. 


4  ADDRESS. 

in  tie  judgment  ef  some,  they  have  not,  i» 
every  instance,  been  substituted  by  hymns  of 
greater  merit,  yet  we  can  confidently  approve 
this  "Revised  Copy ;  and  we  do,  most  cordially, 
recommend  it  as  a  greatly  improved  and  stand- 
ard edition  of  the  Methodist  Hymn  E 
congratulate  you,  brethren, on  having  bow  such 
a  Book  as,  from  the  number,  variety,  and 
adaptation  of  its  hymns,  will  not  require  another 
r  generations  to  come.  * 

To  presenting  to  you  this  standard  Hymn 
Bouk,  we  believe  that  we  are  potting  into 
your  hands  one  cf  the  choicest  selections  of 
evangelical  Hymns  for  Private  Devotion,  fta 
well  as  fur  Family,  Social,  and  Public  Worship, 
W^e  are  gratified  also  to  add,  thut  nj  merce- 
nary ends  l  his  publication  ;  for 
after  the  necessary  expenses  are  met,  it*  avails, 
if  any,  will  be  saci  charitabla 
re  the  pri  fits  of  tha- 
former  edition.  We  urge  you,  therefore,  by 
your  regard  for  our  Church,  and  for  the  autho- 
rity of  the  General  Conference*  to  purchase 
Methodist  Hymn  Books  a3  are  pub- 
lished by  ov.t  Agents,  a:-d  luive  the  names  af 
your  BUlinps. 


ADDRESS.  O 

We  exhort  yon,  dear  brethren,  to  sing  with, 
the  spirit,  and  with  the  understanding  also ; 
and  we  shall  rejoice  to  join  you  in  time. and 
in  eternity. 

Your  affectionate  pastors  in  Christ, 

ELIJAH  HEDDING-, 
BEVERLY  WAUGH, 
THO.  A.  MORRIS, 
L.  L.  HAMLINE, 
EDMUND  S.  JANES. 


New-York,  2fay,  1849. 

***  After  a  careful  examination  by  the  Edi 
tors  and  Book  Committee,  the  following  reso- 
lution was  unanimously  adopted,  at  a  joint 
meeting  in  New-York,  May  4,  1849  : — 
Whereas,  We  believe  the  Revised  Hymn  Book, 
as  a  while,  will  be  found,  in  view  of  its  ob- 
jects, superior  to  any  other  in  the  English 
language,  therefore 
Resolved, — That  in  our  judgment  the  thanks 
of  the  Church  are  due  to  the  Committee  to 
Revise  the  Hymn  Book,  for  their  fuithl'ul  and 
judicious  labours ;  and  especially  to  the  Rev. 
James  Floy,  D.  D.,  and  to  Mr.  Robert  A. 
West,  npon  whom,  as  a  sub-committee,  the 
principal  part  of  the  actual  labour  has  de- 
Tolved. 


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CONTEXTS. 


Page 

Introductory  to  Worship 7 

The  Divine  Perfections 45 

Jesus  Christ 73 

The  Holy  Spirit 115 

("The  Ministry 1-27 

Institutions        The  Church 139 

of  •  The  Sabbath 143 

the  Gospel.      Baptism 155 

[  The  Lord's  Supper 160 

Provisions  a  Promises  of  the  Gospel  171 

{Depravity 1ST 
Awakening 197 
Inviting SOS 
Penitential 811 

TheChristian  f  J-^^X™*- 


261 
■!  Adoption  and  Assurance.  276 

[  Sanctification 289 

"Prayer  and  Intercession.  331 

Family  Devotion 357 

The  Closet 2^4 

Reading  the  Scriptures  .  403 

Communion  of  Saints....  411 

423 

431 

■(  Patience  and  Resignation  443 

[Growth  in  Grace 474 

(  Unfaithfulness  mourned.  507 
|  Backslidings  lamented  ..  515 
f  Deliverance  from  Trouble  525 
■J  Communion  with  God...  533 

[  Prospect  of  Heaven 551 

Special  Occasions 575 

Timb  and  Eternity 627 

Close  of  Worship 675 


Life. 


Means  of 
Grace. 


Christian 

Fellowship. \  Love-Feast . . 
Dut.es  and       flh e. 

Trials. 

Humiliation. 


Rejoicing. 


HYMNS 


INTRODUCTORY  TO  WORSHIP. 


1  C.  M. 

General  Invitation  to  praise  the  Redeemer. 

OFOR  a  thousand  tongues,  to  sing 
My  great  Redeemer's  praise  ; 
The  glories  of  my  God  and  King, 
The  triumphs  of  his  grace. 

2  My  gracious  Master,  and  my  God, 
Assist  me  to  proclaim, — 

To  spread,  through  all  the  earth  abroad, 
The  honours  of  thy  Name. 

3  Jesus ! — the  Name  that  charms  our  fears, 
That  bids  our  sorrows  cease  ; 

'Tis  music  in  the  sinner's  ears, 
'Tis  life,  and  health,  and  peace. 

4  He  breaks  the  power  of  cancelled  sin, 
He  sets  the  pris'ner  free  ; 

His  blood  can  make  the  foulest  clean ; 
His  blood  avail'd  for  me. 

5  He  speaks, — and,  list'ning  to  his  voice, 
New  life  the  dead  receive ; 

The  mournful,  broken  hearts  rejoice  ; 
The  humble  poor  believe. 

6  Hear  him,  ye  deaf;  his  praise,  ye  dumb, 
Your  loosen'd  tongues  employ  ; 

Ye  blind,  behold  your  Saviour  come; 
And  leap,  ye  lame,  for  joy. 


I  INTRODUCTORY. 

2  S.  M. 

The  song  of  ifoses  and  the  Lamb. 

AWAKE,  and  sing  the  song 
Of  Moses  and  the  Lamb; 
Wake,  every  heart  and  every  tongue, 
To  praise  the  Saviour's  ZS'ame. 

2  Str.g  of  his  dying  love ; 
Sing  of  his  vising  power; 

Sing  how  he  intercedes  above 
For  those  whose  sins  he  bore. 

3  Ye  pilgrims,  on  the  road 
To  Zion's  city,  sing; 

Rej.'ioe  ye  in  the  Lamb  of  God, — 
In  Christ,  the'  eternal  King. 

4  Soon  shall  we  hear  him  sr.y, — 
Ye  blessed  children,  come-* 

Soon  will  he  call  us  hence  away, 
r  eternal  home. 

5  There  shall  each  raptured  tongue 
Kis  endless  praise  proclaim ; 

And  sweeter  voices  tune  the  scng 
Of  Moses  and  the  Lamb. 

3  C.  M. 

The  Heavenly  Guest. 

CO^.rE,  let  us  who  in  Christ  believe, 
Our  common  Saviour  praise  : 
To  him,  with  joyful  voiees,  give 
The  glory  of  his  grace. 

2  He  now  stands  knocking  at  the  door 
Of  evi-ry  sinner's  heart: 

The  worst  need  keep  him  out  no  more, 
Or  force  him  to  depart. 

3  Through  gra^e  wo  hearken  to  thy  voice, 
Yield  to  be  saved  from  sin ; 

In  furo  and  certain  hope  r 
That  tluu  wilt  enter  in. 


INTRODUCTORY.  9 

4  Come  quick!;,-  in',  thou  heavenly  guest, 

Xor  ever  hence  remove  : 
But  sup  with  us,  and  let  the  feast 

Be  everlasting  love. 

4  C.  M. 

The  Lamb  worshipped  on  earth  and  in  heaven. 

COME,  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs 
With  angels  round  the  throne  : 
Ten  thousand  thousand  are  their  tongues, 
But  all  their  joys  are  one. 

2  Worthy  the  Lamb  that  died,  thev  cry, 
To  be  exalted  thus  : 

Worthy  the  Lamb,  our  hearts  reply, 
For  ne  was  slain  for  us. 

3  Jesus  is  worthy  to  receive 
Honour  and  power  divine ; 

And  blessings  more  than  we  can  give, 
Be,  Lord,  forever  thine. 

4  The  whole  creation  join  in  one, 
To  bless  the  sacred  name 

Of  Him  that  sits  upon  the  throne, 
And  to  adore  the  Lamb. 

5  L.  M. 

Jesus  reigns. 

COME,  let  us  tune  our  loftiest  song,  _ 
And  raise  to  Christ  our  joyful  strain; 
Worship  and  thanks  to  Him  belong, 
Who  reigns,  and  shall  forever  reign. 

2  His  sov'reign  power  our  bodies  made; 
Our  souls  are  his  immortal  breath ; 

And  when  his  creatures  sinn'd,  he  bled, 
To  save  us  from  eternal  death. 

3  Burn  every  breast  with  Jesus'  love ; 
Bound  every  heart  with  rapt'rous  joy 

And  saints  on  earth,  with  saints  above, 
Your  voices  in  his  praise  employ. 


10  INTRODUCTORY. 

4  Extol  the  Lamb  with  loftiest  song, 
Ascend  for  him  our  cheerful  strain; 

Worship  and  thanks  to  Him  belong, 
Who  reigns,  and  shall  forever  reign. 

6  C  It 

The  glories  of  our  King. 

COME,  ye  that  love  the  Saviour's  name, 
And  joy  to  make  it  known, 
The  Sov'reign  of  your  hearts  proclaim, 
And  bow  before  his  throne. 

2  Behold  your  Lord,  your  Master,  crown'd 
With  glories  all  divine  : 

And  tell  the  wond'ring  nations  round, 
How  bright  those  glories  shine. 

3  When,  in  his  earthly  courts,  we  view 
The  glories  of  our  King, 

We  loDg  to  love  as  angels  do, 
And  wish,  like  them,  to  sing. 

4  And  shall  we  long  and  wish  in  vain! 
Lord,  teach  our  songs  to  rise  : 

Thy  love  can  animate  the  strain, 
And  bid  it  reach  the  skies. 


7  C.  M. 

Joining  the  song  of  the  Church  triumphant. 

SING  we  the  song  of  those  who  stand 
Aronnd  the'  eternal  throne. 
Of  every  kindred,  clime,  and  land,— 
A  multitude  unknown. 

2  Life's  poor  distinctions  vanish  here; 

To-day  the  young,  the  old, 
Our  Saviour  and  his  flock;  appear, 

One  shepherd  and  one  told. 


INTRODTTCTORY.  1 1 

3  TcO,  trial,  suffring  still  await 
On  earth  the  pilgrim  throng; 

Yet  learn  we  in  our  Ijw  estate 
The  Church  triuniphant's  song. 

4  Worthy  the  Lamb  for  sinners  slain, 
Cry  the  redcem'd  above, 

Blessing  and  h<  nour  to  obtain, 
And  everlasting  love. 

5  Worthy  the  Lamb,  on  earth  we  sing, 
Who  died  onr  souls  to  save  ; 

Henceforth,  O  Death,  where  is  thy  sting! 
Thy  victory,  O  Grave  ! 

6  Then  halleluiah  !  power  and  praise 
To  God  in  Chnst  be  given  ; 

May  all  who  now  this  anthem  raise, 
Renew  the  song  in  heaven. 

g  9th  P.  M.  87,  ST, 

Glory  to  the  Lamb. 

HARK '.  the  notes  of  angels,  singing, 
Glory,  glory  to  the  Lamb  ! 
All  in  heaven  their  tribute  bringing, 
Raising  high  the  Saviour's  name. 

2  Ye  for  whom  his  life  was  given, 
Sacred  themes  to  you  belong  : 

Come,  assist  the  choir  of  heaven  ; 
Join  the  everlasting  song. 

3  Fill'd  with  hrly  emulation, 
We  unite  with  those  above: 

Sweet  the  theme — a  free  salvation- 
Fruit  of  everlasting  love. 

4  Endless  life  in  him  possessing, 
Let  us  praise  his  precious  name  ; 

Glory,  honour,  power,  and  blessing, 
Be  forever  to  the  Latub. 


12  INTRODUCTORY. 

9  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

Saints  and  angels  ever  praising  God. 

SONGS  of  praise  the  angels  sang, 
_    Heaven  with  hallelujiihs  rang, 
When  Jehovah's  work  begun, 
When  he  spake  and  it  was  done. 

1  Songs  of  praise  swi.ke  the  mom, 
When  the  Prince  of  peace  was  born; 
Songs  of  praise  arose,  when  he 

ed  captivity, 

3  Saints  below,  with  heart  and  voice, 
Still  in  songs  of  j  raise  rejoice ; 
Learning  here,  by  faith  and  love, 
Songs  of  praise  to  sing  above. 

4  Borne  up  on  their  latest  breath, 
Songs  of  praise  shall  conquer  death  ; 
Then,  amid  eternal  joy. 

Songs  of  praise  their  powers  employ. 

Tribute  of  praise  to  the  Saviour. 
TESUS,  thou  everlasting  King, 
»J   Accept  the  tribute  which  we  bring; 
Accept  thy  well-deserved  renown, 
And  wear"our  praises  as  thy  crown. 

2  Let  every  act  of  worship  be 
Lik*  our  esp  '"r-ee  : 

-  blest  hour,  when  from  above 
We  first  received  Die  pledge  of  love. 

3  The  gladness  of  that  'nappy  day, 
O  may  it  ever,  ev.-r  stay  : 

Nor  let  our  faith  forsake  its  hold, 

>"  r  hi  pe  decline,  nor  love  grow  cold. 

4  Let  every  moment,  as  it  flies, 
Increase  thy  praise,  improve  our  joyp, 
Till  we  are'  raised  to  sing  thy  Name, 
At  the  great  supper  of  the  Lamb. 


INTRODUCTOST.  13 

II  &■*■ 

Tlie  creation  invited  to  praise  God. 
rE-OM  all  that  dwell  below  the  skiea, 
i     Let  the  Creator's  praise  arise; 
Let  the  Redeemer's  name  be  sung, 
Through  every  land,  by  every  tor.gne. 

1  Eternal  are  thy  mercies,  Lord ; 
Eierna!  truth  attends  thy  word  : 

Thy  praise  shall  sound  from  shore  to  shore, 
Till  suns  shall  rise  and  set  no  more. 

3  Your  lofty  themes,  ye  mortals,  bring; 
In  songs  of  praise  divinely  sing; 

The  great  salvation  loud  proclaim, 
And  shout  for  joy  the  Saviour's  name. 

4  Ic  every  land  begin  the  song ; 
To  every  land  the  strains  belon? : 
In  cheerful  sounds  all  voices  raise, 
And  fill  the  world  with  loudest  praise. 

13  s-  *2- 

TKe  universal  King. 

€O^IE,  sound  his  praise  abroad, 
And  hymns  of  glory  sing  : 
Jehovah  is  the  sovereign  God, 
The  universal  King. 

2  He  form'd  the  deeps  unknown; 
He  gave  the  seas  their  bound  ; 

The  wat'ry  worlds  are  a!l  his  own, 
And  all  the  solid  ground. 

3  Come,  worship  at  his  throae, 
Come,  bow  before  the  Lord; 

We  are  bis  works,  and  not  our  own, 
He  form'd  us  by  his  word, 

4  To-day  attend  his  voice, 
Nor  dare  provoke  his  rod ; 

Come,  like  the  people  of  his  choice, 
And  own  your  gracious  God. 


14  INTRODUCTORY. 

13  4th  P.  M.  886,  88ft, 
The  lore  of  Jesv.s. 

JESUS,  thou  soul  of  all  our  joys, 
For  whom  we  now  lift  up  our  voice, 
And  all  our  strength  exert, — 
Vouchsafe  the  grace  we  humhly  claim  j 
Compt  se  into  a  thankful  frame, 
And  tune  thy  people's  heart. 

2  While  in  the  heavenly  work  we  joic, 
Thv  glory  be  our  whole  design, 

Thy  glory,  not  our  own  :— 
Still  let  us  keep  this  end  iu  view, 
And  still  the  pleasing  task  pursue, 

To  please  our  GuJ  "alone. 

3  Thee  let  us  praise,  our  common  Loiil^ 
And  sweetly  j -in,  with  one  accord, 

Thy  goodness  to  proclaim  : 
Jesus,  thyself  in  us  reveal. 
And  all  our  faculties  shall  feel 

Thy  harmonizing  name. 

4  With  calmly  reverential  joy, 
O  let  us  all  our  lives  employ 

In  setting  forth  thy  love  ; 
And  raise  in  death  our  triumph  higher, 
And  sing,  with  all  the  heavenly  choir, 

That  endless  song  above. 

14  S.  M. 

Exhortation  to  praise  and  thanksgiving. 

ARISE  and  bless  the  Lord, 
Ye  people  of  his  choice  ; 
Arise,  and  bless  the  Lord  your  God, 

With  heart,  and  soul,  and  voice, 
2  Though  high  3bove  all  praise, 

Above  all  blessing  high, 
Who  would  not  fear  his  holy  Name, 
And  laud,  and  magnify? 


INTRODUCTORY.  15 

3  O  for  the  living  flame, 
From  his  own  altar  brought, 

To  touch  our  lips,  our  souls  inspire, 
And  wing  to  ne*ven  our  thought. 

4  God  is  our  strength  and  song, 
And  his  salvation  ours  ; 

Then  be  his  love  in  Christ  proclaim'd 
With  all  our  ransom'd  powers. 


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5  Arise,  and  bless  the  Lord ; 

The  Lord  your  God  adore ; 
Arise,  and  bless  his  glorious  Name, 

Henceforth,  forever  more. 

15  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7a. 

Let  all  the  people  praise  Sim. 
HANK  and  praise  Jehovah's  Name, 
j.   For  his  mercies,  firm  and  sure, 
From  eternity  the  same, 
To  eternity  endure. 

2  Let  the  ransom'd  thus  rejoice, 
Gather'd  out  of  every  land  ; 

As  the  people  of  his  choice, 
Pluck'd  trom  the  destroyer's  hand. 

3  Let  the  elders  praise  the  Lord, 
Him  let  all  the  people  praise, 

When  they  meet,  with  one  accord, 
In  his  courts  on  holy  days. 

4  Praise  him,  ye  who  know  his  love ; 
Praise  him  from  the  depths  beneath 

Praise  him  in  the  heights  above; 
Praise  your  Maker,  all  that  breathe 

5  For  his  truth  and  mercy  stand, 
Past,  and  present,  and  to  be, 

Like  the  years  of  his  right  hand, 
Like  his  own  eternity. 


10  INTRODUCTORY. 

10  L.  M. 

Grateful  adoration. 
DEFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 
if  Ye  nations  bow  with  sacred  joyj 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone, 

He  can  create,  and  he  destroy. 

2  His  sovereign  power,  without  our  aid, 
Made  us  of  clay,  and  form'd  us  men; 

And  when  like  wand 'ring  sheep  we  Etray'd, 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 

3  We'll  crowd  thy  gates  with  thankful  songs, 
High  as  the  heavens  our  voices  raise ; 

And  earth,  with  her  ten  thousand  tongues, 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  sounding  praise. 

4  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command ; 
Vast  as  eternity  thy  love  ; 

Firm  as  a  rock  thy  truth  shall  stand, 
When  rolling  years  shall  cease  to  move. 

17  L.  M. 

The  prosperity  of  the  saints. 

0  RENDER  thanks  to  God  above, 
The  fountain  of  eternal  1  ve, 
Whose  mercy  firm  through  age3  past 
Hath  stood,  and  shall  forever  hiBt. 
3  Who  can  his  mighty  deeds  express, 
Not  only  vast,  but  numberless? 
What  nWtal  eloquence  can  raise 
His  tribute  of  immortal  praise! 

3  Extend  to  me  that  favour,  Lord, 
Thou  to  thy  chosen  dost  aff.o-d  ; 
When  thou  return'st  to  set  them  free, 
Let  thy  salvation  visit  me. 

4  O  may  I  worthy  prove  to  see 
Thv  saints  in  full  prosperity, — 
That  I  the  joyful  choir  may  join, 
And  count  thy  people's  triumph  mine! 


INTRODUCTORY.  17 

18  13th  P.  M.  10  10,  11  11. 

Adoration,  for  infinite  love. 

YE  servants  of  God,  your.Master  proclaim, 
And  publish  abroad  his  wonderful  name; 
The  name  all-victorious  of  Jesus  extol ; 
His  kingdom  is  glorious ;  he  rules  over  all. 

2  God  ruleth  on  high,  almighty  to  save  ; 
And  still  he  is  nigh  ;  his  presence  we  have : 
The  great  congregation  his  triumph  shall  sing, 
Ascribing  salvation  to  Jesus  our  King. 

S  Salvation  to  God,  who  sits  on  the  throne ; 
Let  all  cry  aloud,  and  honour  the  Son  : 
The  praises  of  Jesus  the  angels  proclaim, 
Fall  down  on  their  faces,  and  worship  the  Lamb. 

4  Then  let  vis  adore,  and  give  him  his  right,— 
All  glory  and  power,  and  wisdom  and  might, 
All  honour  and  blessing,  with  angels  above, 
And  thanks  never  ceasing,  for  infinite  love. 

19  4th  P.  M.  886,  88«. 
The  glory  of  His  grace. 

LET  all  on  earth  their  voices  raise? 
To  sing  the  great  Jehovah's  praise, 
And  bless  his  holy  Name  : 
His  glory  let  the  heathen  know, 
His  ivonders  to  the  nations  show, 
His  saving  grace  proclaim. 

2  He  framed  the  globe;  he  built  the  sky; 
He  made  the  shining  worlds  on  high, 

And  reigns  in  glory  there  : 
His  beams  are  majesty  and  light; 
His  beauties,  how  divinely  bright  t 

His  dwelling-place,  how  fair  I 


18  INTRODUCTORY. 

3  Come  the  great  day,  the  glorious  hour, 
When  earth  shall  feel  his  saving  power, 

All  nations  fear  his  Name  : 
Then  shall  the  race  of  men  confess 
The  beauty  of  his  holiness, 

His  saving  grace  proclaim. 

20  I*  M- 

The  glories  of  Jehovah. 

SERVANTS  of  God !  in  joyful  lays, 
Sing  ye  the  Lord  Jehovah's  praise ; 
His  glorious  Name  let  all  adore, 
From  age  to  age,  forever  more. 

2  Blest  be  that  Name,  supremely  blest, 
From  the  sun's  rising  to  its  rest; 
Above  the  heavens  his  power  is  known, 
Through  all  the  earth  his  goodness  shown. 

3  Who  is  like  God?  so  great,  so  high, 
He  bows  himself  to  view  the  sky; 
And  yet,  with  condescending  grace, 
Looks  down  upon  the  human  race. 

4  He  hears  the  uncomplaining  moan 
Of  those  who  sit  and  weep  alone ; 
He  lifts  the  mourner  from  the  dust ; 
In  Him  the  poor  may  safely  trust. 

5  O  then,  aloud,  in  joyful  lays, 
Sing  to  the  Lord  Jehovah's  praise; 
His  saving  Name  let  all  adore, 
From  age  to  age,  forever  more. 

21  Sd  P.  M.  4  6s  A  2  8a. 

The  universal  King. 

YOUNG  men  and  maidens,  raise 
Your  tuneful  voices  high  ; 
Old  men  and  children,  praise 
The  Lord  of  earth  and  sky : 
Him  three  in  one,  and  one  in  three, 
Extol  to  all  eternity. 


E7TE0DUCT0RY.  19 

2  The  universal  King 

Let  rill  the  world  proclaim; 
Let  every  creature  sing 
His  attributes  and  name  : 
Kim  three  in  one,  and  one  in  three, 
Extol  to  all  eternity. 

3  In  HJ3  great  Name  alone 
All  excellences  meet, 

Who  sit3  upon  the  throne, 
And  shall  forever  sit : 
Him  three  in  one,  and  one  in  three, 
Extol  to  all  eternity. 

4  Glory  to  God  belongs; 
Glory  to  God  be  given, 

Above  the  noblest  songs, 
Of  all  in  earth  and  heaven  : 
Him  three  in  one,  and  one  in  three-, 
Extol  to  all  eternity. 

22  11th  P.  M.  76,  75,  77,  7*. 

The  Triune  God  of  truth  and  grace. 

"VT"EET  and  right  it  is  to  sing, 
itl  In  every  time  and  place, 
Glory  to  our  heavenly  King, 

The  God  of  truth  and  grace : 
Join  we  then  with  sweet  accord, 

All  in  one  thanksgiving  join  ; 
Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord, 

Eternal  praise  be  thine. 

2  Thee  the  first-born  sons  of  light, 

In  choral  symphonies, 
Pr.iise  by  day,  day  without  night, 

And  never,  never  cease  ; 
Angels,  and  archangels,  all 

Praise  the  mystic  Three  in  One  ; 
Sir.g,  and  stop,  and  gaze,  and  fall 

O'erwhelm'd  before  thy  throne. 


20  INTRODUCTORY. 

3  Vying  with  that  heavenly  choir, 
Who  chant  thy  praise  above, 

We  on  eagles'  wings  aspire, — 
The  wings  of  faith  and  love ; 

The*;  they  sing,  with  glory  crown'd ; 
We  extol  the  slaughtered  Lamb; 

Lower  if  our  voices  sound, 
Our  subject  is  the  same. 

4  Father,  God,  thy  love  we  praise. 
Which  gave  thy  Son  to  die ; 

JesJis.  full  of  truth  and  grace, 

Alike  we  glorify; 
Spirit,  Comforter  divine, 

Praise  by  all  to  thee  be  given, 
Till  we  in  full  chorus  join, 

And  earth  is  turn'd  to  heaven. 

23  9th  P.  M.  87.  8T. 

The  Triune  God  glorified. 

GLORY  to  the'  almighty  Father, 
Fountain  of  eternal  love, 
Who,  his  wand'ring  sheep  to  gather, 
Sent  a  Saviour  from  ah  ive, 

2  To  the  Son  all  praise  be  given, 
Who,  with  love  unknown  before, 

Left  the  bright  abode  of  heaven, 
And  our  sin  and  sorrows  bore. 

8  Equal  strains  of  warm  devotion 
Let  the  Spirit's  praise  employ; 

Author  nf  each  pure  emotion; 
Source  of  wisdom,  peace,  and  joy. 

4  Thus,  while  our  glad  hearts,  ascending, 

Glorify  Jehovah's  Name, 
Heavenly  eonga  with  ours  are  blending; 

There  the  theme  is  still  the  same. 


INTRODUCTORY.  21 

24  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  83. 
Lunging  for  the  house  of  God. 

LORD  of  the  worlds  above. 
How  pleasant  and  how  fair 
The  dwellings  of  thy  love, 
Thine  earthly  temples,  are ; 
To  thine  abode  my  heart  aspires, 
With  warm  desires  to  see  my  God. 

2  O  happy  souls  that  pray 
Where  "God  appoints  to  hear  I 

O  happy  men  that  pay 

Their  constant  sen-ice  there  ! 
They  praise  thee  still ;  and  happy  they 
That  love  the  way  to  Zion's  Mil. 

3  They  go  from  strength  to  strength, 
Through  this  dark  vale  of  teara, 

Till  each  arrives  at  length, 
Till  each  in  heaven  appears  : 
O  glorious  seat!  thou,  God  our  King, 
Shalt  thither  bring  our  willing  feet. 

4  The  Lord  his  people  loves ; 
His  hand  no  good  withholds 

From  those  his  heart  approves, 

From  humble,  contrite  souls  : 

Thrice  happy  he,  O  God  of  hosts, 

Whose  spirit  trusts  alone  in  thee  1 

25  19th  P.  M.  664,  6664. 
Invocation  of  and  praise  to  the  Trinity. 

COME,  thou  Almighty  King, 
Help  us  thy  Name  to  sing, 
Help  us  to  praise  : 
Father  all-glorious, 
O'er  all  victorious, 


Come,  and 


:gn  ove 


Ancient  of  days 


22  INTRODUCTORY. 

2  Jesus,  our  Lord,  arise, 
Scatter  our  enemies, 

And  make  them  fall ; 
Let  thine  almighty  aid 
Our  sure  defence  be  made ; 
Our  souls  on  thee  he  stay'd ; 

Lord,  hear  our  call. 

3  Come,  thou  incarnate  Word, 
Gird  on  thy  mighty  sword, 

Our  pr'aver  attend ; 
Come,  and  thy  people  bless, 
And  give  thy  word  success: 
Spirit  of  holiness, 

On  us  descend. 

4  Come,  holy  Comforter, 
Thy  sacred  witness  bear 

In  this  glad  hour : 
Thou  who  Almighty  art, 
Now  rufe  in  every  heart, 
And  ne'er  from  us  depart, 

Spirit  of  power. 

5  To  the  great  One  and  Three 
Eternal  praises  be 

Hence,  evermore. 
His  sov'reign  majesty 
May  we  in  glory  see, 
And  to  eternity 

Love  and  adore. 


26  L- M- 

Joy  of  public  worship. 

GREAT  God,  attend,  while  Zion  sings 
The  joy  that  from  thy  presence  springs; 
To  spend  one  day  with  tiiee  on  earth 
Exceeds  a  thousand  days  of  mirth. 


INTRODUCTORY.  ^C 

2  Might  I  enjoy  the  meanest  place 
Within  thy  house,  O  God  of  grace ; 
Not  tents  of  ease,  or  thrones  of  power, 
Should  tempt  my  feet  to  leave  thy  door. 

3  God  is  our  sun,  he  makes  our  day ; 
God  is  our  shield,  he  guards  our  way 
From  all  assaults  of  hell  and  sin, 
From  foes  without,  and  foes  within. 

4  All  needful  grace  will  God  bestow, 
And  crown  that  grace  with  glory  too; 
He  gives  us  all  things,  and  withholds 
No  real  good  from  upright  souls. 

5  O  God  our  King,  whose  sov'reign  sway 
The  glorious  hosts  of  heaven  obey, 

And  devils  at  thy  presence  flee, 
Blest  is  the  man" that  trusts  in  thee. 

27  L  M. 

Solemn 


ETERNAL  Power,  whose  high  abode 
Becomes  the  grandeur  of  a  God  : 
Infinite  lengths,  beyond  the  bounds 
"Where  stars  revolve  their  little  rounds  : 

2  Thee  while  the  first  archangel  sings, 
He  hides  his  face  behind  his  wings  : 
And  ranks  of  shining  thrones  around 
Fall  worshipping,  and  spread  the  ground. 

3  Lord,  what  shall  earth  and  ashes  do  ! 
We  would  adore  our  Maker  too  ; 
From  sin  and  dust  to  thee  we  cry, 
The  Great,  the  Holy,  and  the  High. 

4  Earth,  from  afar,  hath  heard  thy  fame, 
And  worms  have  learn'd  to  lisp  thy  name  , 
But  O  !  the  glories  of  thy  mind. 

Leave  all  our  soaring  thoughts  behind. 


21  INTRODUCTORY. 

5  God  is  in  heaven,  and  men  below : 
Be  short  our  tunes ;  our  words  be  few : 
A  solemn  rev'rence  checks  our  songs, 
And  praise  sits  silent  on  our  tongues. 

28  L.  M. 

Living    bread. 

THY  presence,  gracious  God,  afford; 
Prepare  us  to  receive  thy  w.ird  : 
Now  let  thy  voice  engage  r.ur  ear, 
And  faith  be  mix'd  with  what  we  hear. 
'i  Distracting  thoughts  and  cares  remove, 
And  fix  our  hearts  and  hopes  above  ; 
With  food  divine  may  we  "be  fed, 
And  satisfied  with  living  bread. 

3  To  us  the  sacred  word  apply, 
With  sov'  reign  power  and  energy  ; 
And  may  we,  in  thy  faith  and  fear, 
Reduce  "to  practice  what  we  hear. 

4  Father,  in  us  thy  Son  reveal ; 
Teach  us  to  know  and  do  thy  will : 
Thy  saving  power  and  love  display, 
And  guide  us  to  the  realms  of  day. 

29  c.  m. 

Invoking  God's  presence  and  Nesting. 
lyiTHlN  thy  bouse,  O  Lord  our  God, 
\  V    In  majesty 
Make  this  a  place  of  thine  abode, 

And  shed  thy  blessings  here. 

2  As  we  thv  mercy-seat  surround, 
Thy  Spirit,  Lord,  impart  : 

And  let  thy  Gospel's  joyful  snund, 
With  power  reach  every  heart. 

3  Here  let  the  blind  their  eight  obtain; 
Here  give  the  mourner  rest ; 

Let  Jesus  here  triumphant  reign, 
Enthroned  in  every  breast. 


INTRODUCTORY.  25 

4  Here  let  the  voice  of  sacred  joy 
And  fervent  prayer  arise, 

Till  higher  strains" our  tongues  employ, 
In  bliss  beyond  the  skies, 

30  L  XL 

Sow  dreadful  is  this  place  I 

OTHOU,  whom  all  thy  saints  adore, 
We  now  with  all  thy  saints  agTee, 
And  bow  our  inmost  souls  before 

Thy  glorious,  awful  Majesty. 
2  We  come,  great  God,  to  seek  thy  face, 

And  for  thv  loving  kindness  wait; 
And  O,  how  dreadful  is  this  place! 

'Tis  God's  own  house,  'tis  heaven's  gate. 

5  Tremble  our  hearts  to  find  thee  nigh; 
To  thee  our  trembling  hearts  aspire  : 

And  lo !  we  see  descend  from  high 
The  pillar  and  the  flame  of  fire. 

4  Still  let  it  on  the'  assembly  stay, 
And  all  the  house  with  glory  fiil : 

To  Canaan's  bounds  point  out 'the  '.vr.y, 
And  lead  us  to  thy  h.ly  hill. 

5  There  let  us  all  with  Jesus  stand, 
And  join  the  gen'ral  Church  above, 

And  take  our  seats  at  thy  right  hand, 
And  sing  thine  everlasting  love. 

31  4th  P.  M.  886,  886 
God's  glorious  presence. 

THOU  God  of  power,  thou  God  of  love, 
Whose  glory  fills  the  realms  above, 
Whose  praise  archangels  sing, 
And  veil  their  faces  while  they  crv, 
Thrice  Holy,  to  their  God  Most  High, 
Thrice  Holy,  to  their  King :— 


28  INTRODUCTORY. 

2  Thee  as  our  God  we  too  would  claim, 
And  bless  the  Saviour's  precious  Name, 

Through  whom  this  grace  is  given; 
He  bore  the  curse  to  sinners  due, 
He  forms  their  ruin'd  souls  anew, 

And  makes  them  heirs  of  heaven. 

3  The  veil  that  hides  thy  glory  rend, 
And  here  in  saving  power  descend, 

And  fix  thv  blest  abode ; 
Here  to  our  hearts  thyself  reveal, 
And  let  each  waiting  spirit  feel 

The  presence  of  our  God. 

32  c.  m. 

A  blessing  from  God's  presence. 

GREAT  Shepherd  of  thy  people,  hear; 
Thy  presence  now  display ; 
We  kneel  within  thy  house  of  prayer ; 
O  give  us  hearts  to  pray. 

2  The  clouds  which  veil  thee  from  our  sight, 
In  pity,  Lord,  remove ; 

our  minds  to  hear  aright 
The  message  cf  thy  love. 

3  Help  us,  with  holy  fear  and  joy, 
To  kneel  before  thy  face; 

O  make  us,  creatures  of  thy  power, 
The  children  of  thy  grace. 

33  L  M- 

Faith  reveals  God's  presence. 
"\TOT  here,  as  to  the  prophet's  eye, 
1\    The  Lord  upon  hi?  throne  appears; 
Nor  seraph  tongues  responsive  cry, 

Holy!  thrice  holy!  in  our  ears  : — 
2  Vet  God  is  present  in  this  place, 

Veil'd  in  seivuer  majesty  ; 
So  full  of  glory,  truth,  and  grace, 

That  faith  a'lone  such  light  can  eee. 


INTRODUCTORY.  27 

3  Nor,  as  lie  in  the  temple  taught, 

Is  Christ  within  these  walls  reveal'd, 
When  blind,  and  deaf,  and  dumb  were  brought, 
Lepers  and  lame — and  all  were  heal'd : — - 

4  Yet  here,  when  two  or  three  shall  meet, 
Or  thronging  multitudes  are  found, 

All  may  sit  down  at  Jesus'  feet. 
And  hear  from  him  the  joyful  sound. 

34  c.  m. 

The  promised  blessing. 

SEE,  Jesus,  thy  disciples  see; 
The  promised  blessing  give ; 
Met  in  thy  name,  we  look  to  thee, 
Expecting  to  receive. 

2  Thee  we  expect,  our  faithful  Lord, 
Who  in  thy  name  are  join'd ; 

We  wait,  according  to  thy  word, 
Thee  in  the  midst  to  find. 

3  With  ns  thou  art  assembled  here, 
But  O,  thyself  reveal ; 

Son  of  the  living  God,  appear ! 
Let  ns  thy  presence  feel. 

4  Breathe  on  ns,  Lord,  in  this  our  day, 
And  these  dry  bones  shall  live ; 

Speak  peace  into  our  hearts,  and  say, 

The  Holy  Ghost  receive. 
B  Whom  now  we  seek,  O  may  we  meet, 

Jesus,  the  crucified  ; 
Show  us  thy  bleeding  hands  and  feet, 

Thou  who  for  us  hast  died. 
6  Cause  us  the  record  to  receive — 

Speak,  and  the  tokens  show — 
"  O  be  not  faithless,  but  believe 

In  me,  who  died  for  you." 


28  INTRODUCTORY. 

35  s.  m. 

Claiming  the  promise. 

JESUS,  we  look  to  thee, 
Thy  promised  presence  claim ; 
Thou  in  the  midst  of  us  shalt  be, 

Assembled  in  thy  name  : 
2  Thy  name  salvation  is, 

Which  here  we  come  to  prove  : 
Thy  name  is  life,  and  health,  and  peace, 
And  everlasting  love. 

S  Not  in  the  name  of  pride 

Or  selfishness  we  meet ; 
Fr  m  nature's  paths  we  turn  aside, 

And  worldly  thoughts  forget. 

4  We  meet  the  grace  to  take, 
Which  thou  hast  freely  given; 

We  meet  on  earth  for  thy  dear  sake, 
That  we  may  meet  in  heaven. 

5  Present  we  know  thou  art, 
But  O,  thyself  reveal ! 

Now,  Lord,  let  every  bounding  heart 
The  mighty  comfort  feel. 

6  O  may  thy  quick  "rung  v.  ice 
The  death  <•!'  sin  rem 

Anil  bid  our  inmost  si.uls  rej  ice, 
In  hope  of  peril 

36  1st  P.  1L  6  iines  gf. 
God  is  in  this  place. 

LO!  God  is  here!  let  us  adore, 
And  own  how  dreadful  is  this  place ; 
Let  all  within  us  feel  his  power, 

Ar.d  silent  bow  before  his  fact  j 
Who  know  his  power,  his  gracu  ■ 
Kerve  him  with  hwh,  with'rev'rence  luve. 


INTRODUCTORY. 


29 


2  Lo !  God  is  here !  him  day  and  night 

United  choirs  of  angels  .sing  :  _ 
To  him,  enthroned  above  all  height, 

Heaven's  host  their  noblest  praises  bring : 
Disdain  not,  Lord,  mr  meaner  S'-ng, 
Who  praise  thee  with  a  stamm'ring  tongne. 
S  Being  of  beinis  '.  may  our  praire 

Thv  courts  with  ■.',■■"-        ."•'    -   ..::-e  fill; 
Still  may  we  stand  before  B 

Still  hear  and  do  thy  sov'reign  will; 
To  thee  may  all  ■  ur  ti, ■.■.•._■',•.-  i.i\:--i, 
Ceaseless,  accepted  sacrifice. 


37  s.  m. 

The  presence  and  grace  of  Jesus, 

OTHOU  who  art  the  light 
Of  all  thy  saints  below, 
That  we  may  worship  thee  aright, 

Thy  sov'reign  grace  bestow. 
2  Onr  rising  world  obey'd 

Thy  Godhead's  high'c  mmand  : 
And  all  the  heavenly  host  are  sway'd 
By  thy  creating  band. 

5  Yet  all  things  made  anew 
To  wond'ring  mortals  seem, 

When  the  Eternal  Word  we  view 

Descending  to  redtem. 
4  O,  be  thou  present  now, 

And  make  thy  mercy  known, 
While  at  thy  footstool,  Lord,  we  bow, 

And  our  Deliv'rer  own. 

6  Then  shall  we  live  to  thee, 
And  honour  this  thy  day ; 

Thine  own  devoted  servants  be, 
And  never  from  thee  stray. 


39  rNTRODL'CTORY. 

38  c.  K 

A  blessing  on  the  word. 

ONCE  more  we  come  before  our  God ; 
Or.ee  mure  his  blessing  ask  : 
O  may  not  duty  seem  a  load, 
Nor  worship  prove  a  task. 

2  Father,  thy  quick 'ning  Spirit  send 
From  heaven,  in  Jesus'  name, 

And  bid  our  waiting  minds  attend, 
And  put  our  souls  in  frame. 

3  May  we  receive  the  word  we  hear, 
Each  in  an  honest  heart; 

And  keep  the  precious  treasure  there, 
And  never  with  it  part. 

4  To  seek  thee,  all  rur  hearts  dispose ; 
To  each  thy  blessings  suit ; 

And  let  the  seed  thy  servant  sows, 
Produco  abundant  fruit. 

39  c  m. 

God's  terrier  delightful. 
TTH  icy  we  hail  the  sacred  day, 


" 


Which  God  has  call'd  his  owu; 


With  joy  the  summons  we  obey, 
T:.  worship  at  his  throne. 

2  Thv  chosen  temple,  Lord,  how  fairt 
As  "here  thy  servants  throng 

To  breathe  the  humble,  fervent  prayer, 
And  pour  the  grateful  song. 

3  Spirit  of  grace!  O  deism  to  dwell 
Within  thy  Church  below; 

Make  her  in  holiness  excel, 
Widi  pure  devotion  glow. 

4  Let"eace  within  her  walls  be  found- 
Let  all  her  sons  unite, 

To  spread  with  holy  real 
Her  clear  and  shining  light. 


INTRODUCTORY.  31 

5  Great  God,  we  hail  tlie  sacred  day 
Which  thou  hast  call'd  thine  own 

"With  joy  the  summons  we  obey, 
To  worship  at  thy  throne. 

4Q  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  Ts. 

God's  glorious  perfections  celebrated. 

GLORY  he  to  God  on  high, 
God,  whose  glory  fills  the  sky ; 
Peace  on  earth  to  man  forgiven, 
Man,  the  well-beloved  of  Heaven. 

2  Sov'reign  Father,  heavenly  King, 
Thee  we  now  presume  to  sing ; 
Glad  thine  attributes  confess, 
Glorious  all,  and  numberless. 

3  Hail,  by  all  thy  works  adored  1 
Hail,  the  everlasting  Lord ! 

Thee  with  thankful  hearts  we  prove, 
God  of  power,  and  God  of  love. 

4  Christ  our  Lord  and  God  we  own, 
Christ,  the  Father's  only  Son  ■ 
Lamb  of  God  for  sinners  slain, 
Saviour  of  offending  man. 

5  Jesus,  in  thy  name  we  pray, 
Take,  O  take  our  sins  away ; 
Bow  thine  ear,  in  mercy  bow, 
Hear,  the  world's  atonement,  Thou ! 

6  Hear,  for  thou,  O  Christ,  alone, 
Art  with  thy  great  Father  one ; 
One  the  Holy  Ghost  with  thee ; 
One  supreme  eternal  Three. 

41  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7a 

Humble  adoration. 

HEAVENLY  Father,  sov'reign  Lord, 
Be  thy  glorious  Name  adored. 
Lord,  thy  mercies  never  fail ; 
Hail,  celestial  Goodness,  hail  1 


32  INTRODUCTORY. 

2  Though  unworthy  of  thine  ear, 
Deign  our  humble  songs  to  hear ; 
Purer  praise  we  hope  to  bring, 
When  around  thy  throne  we  sing. 

3  While  on  earth  ordain'd  to  stay, 
Guide  our  footsteps  in  thy  way, 
Till  we  come  to  dwell  with  thee, 
Till  we  all  thy  glory  see. 

4  Then,  with  angel-harps  again, 
We  will  wake  a  nobler  strain  ; 
There,  in  joyful  songs  of  praise, 
Our  triumphant  voices  raise. 

42  c.  m. 

The  fulness  of  God. 

BEHS'G  of  beings,  God  of  love, 
To  thee  our  hearts  we  raise ; 
Thy  all-sustaining  power  we  prove, 
And  gladly  sing  thy  praise. 

2  Thine,  wholly  thine,  we  pant  to  be; 
Our  sacrifice  "receive  : 

Made,  and  preserved,  and  saved  by  thee, 
To  thee  ourselves  we  give. 

3  Heavenward  our  every  wish  aspires, 
For  all  thy  mercy's  at  re  ; 

The  sole  return  thy  love  requires, 
Is  that  we  ask  for  more. 

4  For  more  we  ask  ;  we  open  then 
Our  hearts  to'  embrace  thy  will ; 

Tum,  and  revive  us,  Lord,  again ; 
With  all  thy  fulness  fill. 

5  Come,  Holy  Ghost,  the  Saviour's  lov« 
Shed  in  our  hearts  abroad; 

So  shall  we  ever  live,  and  move, 
And  be,  with  Christ  in  God. 


INTRODUCTORY.  33 


43  8th  P.  M.  ST,  6' 

Heaven h/  joy  anticipated. 
TX  tby  name,  O  Lord,  assembling, 

1  We,  thy  people,  now  draw  near 
Teach  us  to  rejoice  with  trembling 

Speak,  and  let  thy  servants  hear 

Hear  with  meekness, — 
Hear  thy  word  with  godly  fear. 

2  While  our  days  on  earth  are  lengthen'd, 
May  we  give  them,  Lord,  to  thee  : 

Cheer'd  by  hope,  and  daily  strengthen 'd, 
May  we  run,  nor  weary  be  j 

Till  thy  glory 
Without  cloud  in  heaven  we  see. 

3  There,  in  worship  purer,  sweeter, 
All  thy  people  shall  adore ; 

Sharing  "them  in  rapture  greater 
Than  they  could  conceive  before  : 

Full  enjoyment, — 
Full  and  pure"  forever  more. 

44  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
Ilohi,  Jiolu,  holy,  Lord  God  of  Sabaoth. 

INFINITE  God,  to  thee  we  raise 
Our  hearts  in  solemn  songs  of  praise  ; 
By  all  thy  works  on  earth  adored, 
We  worship  thee,  the  common  Lord ; 
The  everlasting  Father  own, 
And  bow  our  souls  before  thy  throne. 

2  Thee  all  the  choir  of  angels  sings, 
The  Lord  of  hosts,  the  King  of  kings ; 
Cherubs  proclaim  thy  praise  aloud, 
And  seraphs  shout  the  triune  God ; 
And  Holy,  holy,  holy,  cry, 
Thy  glory  fills' both  earth  and  sky. 

2 


34  INTRODUCTORY. 

3  Father  of  endless  majesty, 
All  might  and  love  we  render  thee; 
Thy  true  and  only  Sin  adore, 
The  same  in  dignity  and  power ; 
And  God  the  Holy  "Ghost  declare, 
The  saints'  eternal  Comforter. 


45  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  Tfc 

The  Lord  our  Rightcouzneao. 

PT  thy  presence  we  appear ; 
Lord !  vre  love  to  worship  here, 
When,  within  the  veil,  we  meet 
Thee  upon  thy  mercy-seat. 

2  While  thy  glorious  "r.rne  is  sung, 
Touch  our  Ups,  and  1     -••  out  tonga*; 
Then  our  joyful  souls  shall  bless 
Thee,  the  Lord  our  Righteousness. 

3  While  to  thee  our  prayers  ascend, 
Let  thine  ear  in  love  attend  ; 
Hear,  for  Jesus  intercedes  ; 

Hear  us,  for  thy  Spirit  pleads. 

4  'While  thy  word  is  hoard  with  awe 
And  we  tremble  at  thy  law. 

Let  thy  Gospel's  wondrous  love 
Every 'doubt  and  fear  remove. 

5  While  thy  ministers  proclaim 
Peace  and  pardon  through  thy  Xame, 
Iu  their  voices  let  us  own 

Jesus,  speaking  from  the  throne. 

B  From  thy  house  when  we  return, 
Let  our  hearts  within  us  burn ; 
That  at  evening  we  may  sav, — 
We  have  walk'd  with  God  to-day. 


INTRODUCTORY.  35 

4G  L-  M. 

Universal  adoration. 

OHOLY,  holy,  holy  Lord ! 
Thou  God  of  hosts,  by  all  adored  : 
The  earth  and  heavens  are  full  of  thee, 
Thy  light,  thy  power,  thy  majesty. 

2  Loud  hallelujahs  to  thy  Name, 
Angels  and  seraphim  proclaim  : 

By  all  the  powers  and  thrones  in  heaven, 
Eternal  praise  to  thee  is  given. 

3  Apostles  join  the  glorious  throng, 
And  swell  the  loud  triumphant  song : 
Prophets  and  martyrs  hear  the  sound, 
And  spread  the  hallelujah  round. 

4  Glory  to  thee,  O  God  most  high! 
Father,  we  praise  thy  majesty  : 
The  Son,  the  Spirit,  we  adore ; 
One  Godhead,  blest  forever  more. 

47  s.  m. 

The  sacrifice  of  praise. 
TTTTTH  joy  we  lift  our  eyes 
VV    To  those  bright  realms  above, 
That  glorious  temple  m  the  skies, 
Where  dwells  eternal  Love. 

2  Before  thy  throne  we  bow, 
O  thou  almighty  King ; 

Here  we  present  the  solemn  vow, 
And  hymns  of  praise  we  sing. 

3  While  in  thy  house  we  kneel, 
With  trust  and  holy  fear, 

Thy  mercy  and  thy  truth  reveal, 
And  lend  a  gracious  ear. 

4  Lord,  teach  our  hearts  to  pray, 
And  tune  our  lips  to  sing ; 

Nor  from  thy  presence  cast  away 
The  sacrifice  we  bring. 


3G  INTRODUCTORY. 

48  c.  m. 

The  Desire  of  all  nations. 

COME,  thou  Desire  of  all  thy  saints, 
Our  humble  strains  attend, 
'While,  with  our  praises  and  complaints, 
Low  at  thy  feet  we  bend. 

2  How  should  our  songs,. like  those  above, 
With  warm  devotion  rise; 

How  should  our  souls,  on  wings  of  love, 
Mount  upward  to  the  skies. 

3  Come,  Lord,  thy  love  alone  can  raise 
In  us  the  heavenly  flame ; 

Then  shall  our  lips  resound  thy  praise, 
Our  hearts  adore  thy  Name." 

4  Xow,  Saviour,  let  thy  glory  shine, 
And  till  thy  dwellings  here. 

Till  life,  aud  love,  and  joy  divine, 
A  heaven  on  earth  appear. 

5  Then  shall  our  hearts  enraptured  say, — 
Come,  great  Redeemer,  come, 

And  hring  the  bright,  the  glorious  day, 
That  calls  thy  children  home. 

49  13th  P.  M.  10  10,  11  11. 

Peace,  power,  and  love. 

ALL  thanks  to  the  Lamb,  who  gives  us  to  meet 
His  love  we  proclaim,  his  praises  repeat: 
We  own  him  our  Jesus,  continually  near, 
To  pardon  and  bless  us,  and  perfect  us  here. 
0  In  him  we  have  pence,  in  him  we  have  r>owet 
Preserved  by  his  grace  throughout  the  dark  hou- 
In  all  our  temptation  he  keeps  us,  to  prove 
His  utmost  salvation,  his  fulness  of  love. 
3  Pronounce  the  glad  word,  and  hid  08  he  free 
Ah!  hast  thou  not,  Lord,  a  blessing  |.  r  me  i 
The  peace  thou  hast  given,  this  moment  imparl 
And  open  thy  heaven,  0  Love,  in  my  heart. 


INTRODUCTORY.  3? 

50  C.  M. 

Infinite  grace. 

P {FINITE  excellence  is  thine, 
Thou  glorious  Prince  of  grace  ! 
Thy  uncreated  beauties  shine 
-  With  never-fading  rays. 

2  Sinners,  from  earth's  remotest  end, 
Come  bending  at  thy  feet ; 

To  thee  their  prayers  and  songs  ascend, 
In  thee  their  wishes  meet. 

3  Millions  of  happy  spirits  live 
On  thy  exhausiless  store  ; 

From  thee  they  all  their  bliss  receive, 
And  still  thou  givest  more. 

4  Thou  art  their  triumph  and  their  joy  : 
Thev  fold  their  all  iu  thee ; 

Thy  glories  will  their  tongues  employ 
Through  all  eternity. 

51  CM. 

Tlie  great  and  effectual  door. 
TESUS,  thou  all-redeeming  Lord, 
O   Thy  blessing  we  implore  ; 
Open  the  door  to  p>reach  thy  word, 
The  great,  effectual  door. 

2  Gather  the  outcasts  in,  and  save 
From  sin  and  Satan's  power  ; 

And  let  them  now  acceptance  have, 
And  know  their  gracious  hour. 

3  Lover  of  souls!  thou  kuow'st  to  prize 
What  thou  hast  bought  so  dear  : 

Come,  then,  and  in  thy  people's  eyes 
With  all  thy  wounds  appear. 

4  Appear,  as  when  of  old  confess'd, 
The  suff 'ring  Son  of  God; 

And  let  us  see  thee  in  thy  vest, 
But  newly  dipp'd  in  blood. 


38  INTRODUCTORY. 

5  The  hardness  of  our  hearts  remove, 
Thou  who  for  all  hast  died  : 

Show  us  the  tokens  of  thy  love, 
Thy  feet,  thy  hands,  thy  side. 

6  Ready  thou  art  the  blood  to'  apply, 
And  prove  the  record  true  : 

And  till  thy  wounds  to  sinners  cry, 
I  suifer'd  this  for  you. 

52  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

&2-cak  our  gins  forgiven. 

FATHER  of  everlasting  grace, 
Be  mindful  of  thy  changeless  word; 
We  worship  tow'rd  that  holy  place, 

In  which  thou  dost  thy  Dame  record  ; 
Dost  make  thy  gracir.us'nature  known  ; 
That  living  temple  of  thy  Son. 

2  Thou  dost  with  sweet  complacence  see 
The  temple  fill'd  with  light  divine ; 

And  art  thou  not  well  pleased  with  me, 
Who,  turning  to  that  heavenly  shrine, 
Through  Jesus  to  thy  throne  apply, 
Through  Jesus  for  acceptance  cry* 

3  With  all  who  for  redemption  groaD, 
Father,  in  Jesus'  name  we  pray ; 

And  still  we  cry  and  wrestle  on, 
Till  mercy  take  our  sins  away  : 
Hear  from  thy  dwelling-place  in  heaven, 
And  now  pronounce  our  sins  forgiven. 

53  c.  m. 

Willi  sucJi  sacrifices  God  is  well  pleased. 

FATHER,  behold,  with  gracious  eyes, 
The  souls  before  thy  throne, 
Who  n<>Nv  present  their  sacrifice, 

And  seek  thee  in  thy  Son. 


INTRODUCTORY.  39 

2  Well  pleased  in  Kim  thyself  declare; 
Thy  pard'ning  love  reveal ; 

The  peaceful  answer  of  onr  prayer, 
On  every  conscience  seal. 

3  Meanest  of  all  thy  servants,  I 
Those  happier  spirits  meet, 

And  mix  with  theirs  my  feeble  cry, 
And  worship  at  thy  feet. 

4  On  me,  on  all,  some  gift  bestow, 
Some  blessing  now  impart; 

The  seed  of  life  eternal  sow, 
In  every  waiting  heart. 

5  Thy  loving,  powerful  Spirit  shed, 
Speak  thou  our  sins  forgiven, 

And  hasten  through  the  lump  to  spread 
The  sanctifying'leaven. 

6  Refresh  ns  with  a  ceaseless  shower 
Of  graces  from  above, 

Till  all  receive  the  perfect  power 
Of  everlasting  love. 

54  C.  M. 

God,  the  only  object  of  worship. 

OGOD,  our  strength,  to  thee  our  soDg 
With  grateful  hearts  we  raise; 
To  thee,  and  thee  alone,  belong 
All  worship,  love,  and  praise. 

2  In  trouble's  dark  and  stormy  hour, 
Thine  ear  hath  heard  our  prayer; 

And  graciously  thine  arm  of  power 
Hath  saved  us  from  despair. 

And  thon,  0  ever  gracious  Lord, 
Wilt  keep  thv  promise  still, 
if,  meekly  heark'ning  to  thy  word, 
We  seek  to  do  thy  will. 


40  INTRODUCTORY. 

4  Led  by  the  light  thy  grace  imparts, 
Ne'er  may  we  Low 'the  knee 

To  idols,  which  our  wayward  hearts 
Set  up  instead  of  thee. 

5  So  shall  thy  choicest  gifts,  0  Lord, 
Thy  faithful  people  bless  ; 

For  them  shall  earth  its  stores  afford, 
And  heaven  its  happiness. 

55  13th  P.  M.  10  10,  11  11. 

Tie  Itcavenhj  Pattern. 

APPOINTED  by  thee,  we  meet  in  thy  name, 
And  meekly  agree  to  follow  the  Lamb ; 
To  trace  thy  example,  the  world  to  disdain, 
And  constantly  trample  on  pleasure  and  pain. 
2  O  what  shall  we  do  our  Saviour  to  love ! 
To  make  us  anew,  coine,  Lord,  from  above  : 
The  fruit  of  thy  passion,  thy  holiness  give; 
Give  us  the  salvation  of  all  that  believe. 
S  O  Jesus!  appear;  no  longer  delay, 
To  sanctify  here,  and  bear  us  away ; 
The  end  of  our  meeting  on  earth  let  us  see— 
Triumphantly  sitting  in  glory  with  thee. 

56  L  M. 

Jesus  everywhere  present. 

JESUS,  where'er  thy  people  meet, 
There  they  behold'  thy  merry-seat; 
Where'er  they  seek  thee,  thou  art  found, 
And  every  place  is  hallow 'd  ground. 
2  For  thou,  within  no  walls  confined, 
Dost  dwell  with  those  of  humble  mind  ; 
Such  ever  bring  thee  where  they  come, 
And,  going,  take  thee  to  their  home, 
b  Great  Shepherd  of  thy  chosen  few, 
Thy  former  mercies  here  renew ; 
Here,  to  our  waiting  hearts,  proclaim 
The  sweetness  of  thy  saving  name. 


INTRODUCTORY.  41 

57  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

For  a  general  blessing. 

LORD,  we  rorae  before  thee  now, 
At  thy  feet  we  humbly  bow, 
O,  do  not  our  suit  disdain"; 
Shall  we  seek  thee,  Lord,  in  vain? 

2  Lord,  on  thee  our  souls  depend; 
In  compassion  now  descend; 

Fill  our  hearts  with  thy  rich  grace, 
Tune  our  lips  to  sing  thy  praise. 

3  Send  some  message  from  thy  word, 
That  may  joy  and  peace  afford ; 

Let  thy  Spirit  now  impart 
Full  salvation  to  each  heart. 

4  Comfort  those  who  weep  and  mourn ; 
Let  the  time  of  joy  return ; 

Those  that  are  cast  down  lift  up ; 
Make  them  strong  in  faith  and  hope. 

5  Grant  that  all  may  seek  and  find 
Thee,  a  gracious  God  and  kind  : 
Heal  the  sick,  the  captive  free ; 
Let  us  all  rejoice  in  thee. 

58  c.  m. 

Tlit  God  of  BetM. 

OGOD  of  Bethel,  bv  whose  hand 
Thy  people  still  are  fed, 
Who,  through  this  weary  pilgrimage, 
Hast  all  our  fathers  led  : — 

2  Our  vows,  our  prayers,  we  now  present, 
Before  thy  throne  of  grace  : 

God  of  our  fathers  !  be  the  God 
Of  their  succeeding  race. 

3  Through  each  perplexing  path  of  life, 
Our  wand'ring  footsteps  guide  ; 

Give  us  each  day  our  daily  bread, 
And  all  we  need  provide. 


42  INTRODUCTORY. 

4  O  spread  tliy  eov'ring  wings  around, 
Till  all  our  Wand'rinars  cease, 

And  at  our  Father's  loved  abode, 
Our  souls  arrive  iu  peace. 

5  Such  blessings,  from  thy  gracious  hand, 
Our  humble  prayers  in: 

And  thou  shalt  be  our  chosen  God, 
Our  portion  evermore. 

59  L-  M. 
The  bond  of  Wet. 

PRAISE  waits  in  Zion,  Lord,  for  thee ; 
Thy  saints  adore  thy  holy  Name; 
Thy  creatures  bend  the'  obedient  knee, 
And,  humbly,  now  thy  presence  claim. 

2  Eternal  Source  of  truth  and  light, 
To  thee  we  look,  on  thee  we  call ; 

Lord,  we  are  nothing  in  thy  sight, 
But  thou  to  us  art  all  in  all. 

3  Still  may  thy  children  in  thy  word 
Their  common  trust  and  refuge  see  ; 

O,  bind  us  to  each  other.  Lord, 
By  one  great  bond, — the  love  of  thee. 

4  So  shall  our  sun  of  hope  arise, 
With  brighter  still  and  brighter  ray, 

Till  thou  shalt  bless  our  longing  eyes 
With  beams  of  everlasting  day." 

60  c-  «• 

Divine  guidance  and  safety. 

T)EFORE  thy  mercy -seat,  O  Lord, 
)  Behold,  thy  servants  stand, 
To  ask  the  knowledge  of  thy  word, 

The  guidance  of  thy  hand. 
2  Let  thy  eternal  truths,  we  pray, 

Dwell  richly  in  each  heart ; 
That  from  the  safe  and  narrow  way 
We  never  may  depart. 


INTRODUCTORY.  43 

3  Lord,  from  thy  word  remove  the  seal 
Unfold  its  hidden  store  ; 

And  as  we  hear,  O  may  we  feel 
Its  value  more  and  more. 

4  Help  us  to  see  the  Saviour's  love 
Seaming  from  every  page  ; 

And  let  the  thoughts*  of  joys  above 
Our  inmost  souls  engage. 

5  Thus  while  thy  word  our  footsteps  guides, 
Shall  we  be  truly  blest; 

And  safe  arrive  where  love  provides 
An  everlasting  rest. 

61  C.  M. 

Confession,  prayer,  and  praise, 

LORD!  when  we  bend  before  thy  throne, 
And  our  confessions  pour, 
O  may  we  feel  the  sins  we  own, 
And  hate  what  we  deplore. 

2  Our  contrite  spirits  pitying  see ; 
True  penitence  impart : 

And  let  a  healing  ray  from  thee 
Beam  jtace  into  each  heart. 

3  When  we  disclose  our  wants  in  prayer, 
O  let  our  wills  resign ; 

And  not  a  thought  our  bosom  share, 
Which  is  not  wholly  thine. 

4  And  when  with  heart  and  voice  we  strive 
Our  grateful  hymns  to  raise, 

Let  love  divine  within  us  live, 
And  fill  our  souls  with  praise. 

5  Then,  on  thy  glories  while  we  dwell, 
Thy  mercies*  we'll  review ; 

With  love  divine,  transported,  tell — 
TKou,  God,  art  Father  tool 


44  INTRODUCTORY. 

62  L-  M. 

Grace,  pardon,  life. 

FATTIER  of  heaven,  whose  love  profound 
A  ransom  for  our  souls  bath  found, 
Before  thy  throne  we  sinners  bend ; 
To  us  thy  pard'ning  love  extend. 

2  Almighty  Son,  incarnate  Word, 
Our  Prophet.  Priest,  Redeemer,  Lord! 
Before  thy  throne  we  sinners  bend ; 
To  us  thy  saving  grace  extend. 

3  Eternal  Spirit,  by  whose  breath 
The  soul  is  raised  from  sin  and  death, 
Before  thy  throne  we  sinners  bend ; 
To  us  thy  quick'ning  power  extend. 

4  Jehovah !  Father,  Spirit,  Son, 
Mysterious  Godhead !  Three  in  One  ! 
Before  thy  throne  we  sinners  bend; 
Grace,  pardon,  life,  to  us  extend. 

63  L.  M. 

True  worship  ereryxchere  accepted. 

OTHOU,  to  whom,  in  ancient  time, 
The  psalmist's  sacred  harp  was  strung, 
Whom  kings  adored  in  song  sublime, 

And  prophets  praised  with  glowing  tongue  :• 
1  Not  n<Jw  on  Zion's  height  alone 

The  favour'd  worshipper  may  dwell, 
Nor  where,  at  sultry  noon,  thy  Son 
Sat  weary  by  the  patriarch's  well. 

3  From  every  place  below  the  skies, 
The  grateful  song,  the  fervent  prayer, 

The  incense  of  the  heart,  may  rise 
To  heaven,  and  find  acceptance  there. 

4  O  thou,  to  whom,  in  ancient  time, 


The  holy  prophet's  harp  was  strung; 
'o  thee,  at  last,  in  every  clime, 
Shall  temples  rise,  and  praise  be  sung. 


THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS. 


64  l.  if. 

God  seen  in  his  icorf;*. 

THERE  is  a  God — all  nature  speaks, 
Through  earth,  and  air,  and  seas,  and  akiea 
See — from  the  clouds  his  glory  bleaks, 

When  earliest  beams  of  morning  rise. 
2  The  rising  sun,  serenely  bright, 

Throughout  the  world's  extended  frame, 
Inscribes,  in  characters  of  light, 

His  mighty  Maker's  glorious  name. 
S  Ye  curious  minds,  who  roam  abroad, 

And  trace  creation's  wonders  o'er, 
Confess  the  footsteps  of  your  God ; 

Bow  down  before  him  "and  adore. 

65  l.  if. 

The  heavens  declare  His  glory. 

THE  spacious  firmament  on  high, 
With  all  the  blue  ethereal  sky, 
And  spangled  heavens,  a  shining  frame, 
Their  great  Original  proclaim  : 
The'  unwearied  sun,  from  day  to  day, 
Doth  his  Creator's  power  display, 
And  publishes  to  everv  land 
The  work  of  an  Almighty  Hand. 
2  Soon  as  the  evening  shades  prevail, 
The  moon  takes  up  the  wondrous  tale, 
And  nightly,  to  the  list'ning  earth, 
Repeats  the  story  of  her  birth; 
While  all  the  stars  that  round  her  burn, 
And  all  the  planets  in  their  turn, 
Confirm  the  tidings  as  they  roll, 
And  spread  the  troth  from  pole  to  pole. 


46     THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS. 

3  What,  though  in  solemn  silence  all 
Move  round  the  dark  terrestrial  bail ; 
What,  though  no  real  voice  nor  sound 
Amid  the  radiant  orbs  be  found ; 
In  reason's  ear  they  all  rejoice, 
And  utter  forth  a  glorious  voice ; 
Forever  singing  as  they  shine, 
The  Hand  that  made  us  is  divine. 

G6  c.  M. 

All  His  works  praise  Him. 

THERE  seems  a  voice  in  every  gale, 
A  tongue  in  every  flower, 
"Which  tells,  O  Lord",  the  wondrous  tale 

Of  thy  almighty  power; 
The  birds  that  rise  on  quiv'ring  wing, 

Proclaim  their  Maker's  praise, 
And  all  the  mingling  sounds  of  spring 
To  thee  an  anthem  raise. 

2  Shall  I  be  mute,  great  God,  alone 
'Midst  nature's  loud  acclaim! 

Shall  not  my  heart,  with  answ'ring  tone, 
Breathe  forth  thy  holy  name? 

AH  nature's  debt  is  small  to  mine, 
Nature  shall  cease  to  be ; 

Thou  gavest — proof  of  love  divine- 
Immortal  life  to  me. 

67  s.  m. 

His  Name  is  glorious. 

ALMIGHTY  Maker,  God, 
How  glorious  is  thy  Name ; 
Thy  wonders  how  diffused  abroad, 
throughout  creation's  frame. 

2  In  native  white  and  red 

The  rose  and  lily  stand, 
And,  free  from  pride,  their  beauties  spread, 

To  show  thy  skilful  hand. 


THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS.     47 

%  Tbe  lark  mounts  up  tiie  sky, 

V.'itli  unambitious  song ; 
And  bears  her  Makers  praise  on  high,     . 

Upon  her  artless  tongue, 

4,  Fain  would  I  rise  and  sing 

To  my  Creator  too ; 
Fain  would  my  heart  adore  my  King, 

And  give  him  praises  due, 

5  Let  joy  and  -worship  spend 

The  remnant  of  my  days  : 
And  to  my  God  my  soul  ascend, 

In  sweet  perfumes  of  praise, 

68  c.  k. 

Heaven  and  earth,  are  full  of  His  glory. 


With  thy  loved  name,  rocks,  lulls,  and  seaa, 
And  heaven's  high  palace,  rings. 

2  Thy  hand,  how  wide  rt  spreads  the  sky. 

How  glorious  to  behold  ! 
Tinged  with  a  blue  of  heavenly  dye, 

And  starr'd  with  sparkling  gold". 

S  There  thou  hast  bid  the  globea  of  light 

Their  endless  circuits  run  : 
There  the  pale  planet  rules  the  night; 

The  day  obeys  the  sun. 

4  Thy  glories  blaze  all  nature  rounds 
And  strike  the  wond'ring  sight, 

Through  skies,  and  seas,  and  solid  ground, 
With  terror  and  delight. 

g  Infinite  strength,  and  equal  skill, 
Shme  through  thy  works  abroad : 

Our  souls  with  vast  amazement  fill. 
And  speak  ihs  builder  God  I 


48     THE   DIVINE  PERFECTIONS. 

6  But  the  mild  glories  of  thy  grace, 

Our  softer  passions  move  : 
Pitv  divine,  in  Jesus'  face, 

We  see,  adore,  and  love. 

69  c.  m. 

All  iJtings  created  for  His  glory. 

GREAT  First  of  beings !  mighty  Lord 
Of  all  this  wondrous  frame, 
Produced  by  thy  creating  word, 
The  world  from  nothing  came. 

2  Lord,  for  tbv  glorv  shines  the  whole; 
It  all  reflects  thy  light : 

For  this  the  planets  ceaseless  roll, 
And  day  succeeds  the  night. 

3  For  this  the  earth  its  produce  yields ; 
For  this  the  waters  flow ; 

And  blooming  plants  adorn  the  fields, 
And  trees  and  herbage  grow. 

4  Inspired  with  praise,  may  we  pursnd 
This  wise  and  noble  end, 

That  all  we  think,  or  say,  or  do, 
Shall  to  thy  glory  tend. 

70  c-  m. 

The  God  of  nature  and  of  prae*. 

THE  God  of  nature  and  of  grace 
In  all  his  works  appears ; 
His  goodness  through  the  earth  we  trace, 
His  grandeur  in  the  spheres. 

2  Behold  this  fair  and  fertile  globe, 
By  him  in  wisdom  plann'd ; 

'Twas  he  who  girded,  like  a  robe, 
The  ocean  round  the  land. 

3  Lift  to  the  arch  of  heaven  your  eye ; 
Thither  his  path  pursue ; 

His  glory,  boundless  as  the  sky, 
O'envhelms  the  wond'ring  view.  * 


THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS.     49 


Spread  through  eternity,  thy  fame 
With  rising  lustre  shines. 

5  These  lower  works  that  swell  thy  praise, 
High  as  our  thoughts  e:.u  t.mvr, 

Are  but  a  portion  oi  thy  wftyB, — 
The  hiding  of  thy  power. 

6  Millions  before  thv  presence  stand, 
Who  foe!,  while  they  adore, 

Fulness  of  joy  at  thy  right  hand, 
And  pleasures  evermore. 

71  C.  M. 

His  greatness  and  condescension. 

OLORD,  our  King,  how  excellent 
Thy  name  on  earth  is  known ; 
Thy  glory  in  the  firmament, 
How  wonderfully  shown  ! 

2  When. I  behold  the  heavens  on  high, 
The  worlc  of  thy  right  hand  ; 

The  moon  and  stars  amid  the  sky, 
Thy  lights  in  every  land  : — 

3  Lord  !  what  is  man,  that  thou  shouldst  ieiga 
On  him  to  set  thy  love, 

Give  him  on  earth  a  wliile  to  reign, 
Then  fill  a  throne  above  ■ 

4  O  Lord,  how  excellent  thy  name; 
How  manifold  thy  ways  1 

Let  time  thy  saving  truth  proclaim, 
Eternity  thy  praise. 

72  c.  at 

His  glcrii  and  majesty. 

OGOD,  we  praise  thee,  and  confess 
That  thou  the  only  Lord 
And  everlasting  Father  art, 
By  nil  the  earth  adored. 


50     TIIE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS. 

2  To  thee  all  angels  cry  aloud ; 

To  thee  Hie  powers  on  high, 
Both  cherubim  and  seraphim, 

Continually  do  cry ; — 

8  O  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord, 

Whom  heavenly  hosts  obev, 
The  world  is  witfi  the  glory  "fill'd 

Of  thy  majestic  sway. 

4  The'  apostles'  glorious  compar.v, 
And  prophets  crown'd  with  light, 

With  nil  the  martyrs'  noble  host, 
Thy  constant  praise  recite. 

5  The  holy  Church  throughout  the  world, 
O  Lord,  confesses  t!)ee, 

That  thou  eternal  Father  art, 
Of  boundless  majesty. 

73  L.  M. 

Wisdom,  majsely,  goodn-ets. 

FATHER  of  all,  whose  powerful  voice 
Call'd  forth  this  universal  frame  I 
Whose  mercies  over  all  rejoice, 

Through  endless  ages  still  the  same: 
Thou  by  thy  word  opholdest  all; 

Thy  bounteous  love  to  all  is  show'd; 

Thoti'hear'st  thy  every  creature's  call, 

And  fillest  every  mouth  with  good. 

2  In  heaven  thou  r«ijm>t  enthroned  in  light, 

Nature's  expanse  before 
Earth,  air,  and  sea,  before  thy  I 

And  heli's  deep  gloom,  are  "open  laid: 
Wisdom,  and  alight,  and  love,  are  thine; 

Prostrate  before  thy  face  we  fall, 
Confess  thine  attributes  divine, 

And  hail  tk«e  eov'rei^-n  Lord  of  all. 


THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS. 


51 


74  c.  m. 

Universal  sovereignty. 

THE  Lord  descended  from  above, 
And  bow'd  the  heavens  most  high, 
And  underneath  his  feet  he  cast 
The  darkness  of  the  sky. 

2  On  cherubim  and  seraphim 
Full  royally  he  rode, 

And  en  the  wings  of  mighty  winds, 
Came  flying  all  abroad. 

3  He  sat  serene  upon  the  floods, 
Their  fury  to  restrain ; 

And  he,  as  sov'reign  Lord  and  King, 
Forever  more  shall  reign. 

75  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
Omnipotence  and.  immutability. 

WHEN"  Israel  out  of  Egypt  came, 
And  left  the  proud  oppressor's  land, 
Supported  by  the  great  I  AIM, 

Safe  in  the  hollow  of  his  hand, 
The  Lord  in  Israel  reign'd  alone, 
And  Judah  was  his  fav'rite  throne. 

2  The  sea  beheld  his  power,  and  fled, 
Disparted  by  the  wondrous  rod ; 

Jordan  ran  backward  to  its  head, 

And  Sinai  felt  the'  incumbent  God ; 
The  mountains  skinp'd  like  frighten'd  rams, 
The  hills  leap'd  after  them  as  lambs. 

3  What  ail'd  thee,  O  thou  trembling  sea! 
What  horror  turn'd  the  river  back? 

Was  nature's  God  displeased  with  thee ! 

And  why  should  hills  or  mountains  shake  ? 
Ye  mountains  huge,  that  skipp'd  like  rains  1 
Ye  hills,  that  leap'd  as  frighten'd  lambs  \ 


52     THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS. 

4  Earth,  tremble  on,  with  nil  thy  sons, 
In  presence  of  thy  awful  Lord," 

Whose  power  inverted  nature  owns, 
Her  only  law  his  sov'reign  word  : 
He  shakes  the  centre  with  his  rod, 
And  heaven  bows  down  to  Jacob's  God. 

5  Creation,  varied  by  his  hand, 
The'  omnipotent  Jehovah  knows; 

The  sea  is  turn'd  to  solid  land, 

The  nek  into  a  fountain  flows  : 
And  all  things,  as  they  change,  proclaim 
The  Lord  eternally  the  same. 

7G  B.  m. 

Creator  of  soul  and  body. 

OALL-CREATING*God, 
At  whose  supreme  decree 
My  body  rrse,  a  breathing  clod, — 
My  soul  sprang  forth  from  thee : 
2  For  this  thou  hast  design'd, 

And  form'd  me  man  for  this — 
To  know  and  love  thyself,  and  fmd 
In  thee  my  endless"  bliss. 

77  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  3s. 

Greatness  and  condescension. 

THE  Lord  Jehovah  reigns, 
His  throne  is  built  on  high; 
The  garments  he  assumes 
Are  light  and  majesty  : 
His  glories  shine  with  beams  so  bright, 
No  mortal  eye  can  bear  the  sight. 
2  The  thunders  of  his  hand 

Keep  the  wide  world  in  awe; 
His  wrath  and  justice  stand 
To  guard  his  holy  law  ; 
And  where  his  love  resolves  to  bless, 
His  truth  confirms  and  seals  the  grace. 


THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS.     53 

3  Through  all  his  mighty  works 
Amazing  wisdom  shines ; 

Confounds  the  powers  of  hell, 
And  all  their  dark  designs; 
Strong  is  his  arm,  and  shali  fulfil 
His  great  decrees  and  sov'reign.  will. 

4  And  will  this  sov'reign  King 
Of  glory  condescend  ; — 

And  will 'he  write  his  name, 
My  Father  and  my  Friend  ! 

1  love  "his  name,  I  love  his  word ; 
Join  all  my  powers  to  praise  the  Lord. 

78  L.  M. 

Omnipotence  and  wisdom. 

COME,  O  my  soul,  in  sacred  lays, 
Attempt  thy  great  Creator's  praise  : 
But  O,  what  tongue  can  speak  his  fame? 
What  mortal  verse  can  reach  the  theme ! 

2  Enthroned  amid  the  radiant  spheres, 
He  glory  like  a  garment  wears ; 

To  form  a  rohe  of  light  divine, 

Ten  thousand  suns  around  him  shine. 

3  In  all  our  Maker's  grand  designs, 
Omnipotence,  with  wisdom,  shines ; 

His  works,  through  all  this  wondrous  frame 
Declare  the  glory  of  his  Name. ' 

4  Raised  on  devotion's  lofty  wing, 
Do  thou,  my  soul,  his  glories  sing; 
And  let  his  praise  employ  thy  tongue, 
Till  list'ning  worlds  shall  join  the  song. 

70  c-  m- 

Ma jesti/  and  power. 

THE  Lord  our  God  is  clothed  with  might 
The  winds  obey  his  will ; 
He  speaks,  and  in  his  heavenly  height 
The  rolling  sun  stands  still. 


54      THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS. 

2  Rebel,  ye  waves,  and  o'er  the  land 
With  threat  *ning  aspect  roar; 

The  Lord  uplifts  his  awful  hand, 
And  chains  you  to  the  shore. 

3  Ye  winds  of  night,  your  force  combine 
Without  his  high  behest, 

Ye  shall  not,  in  the  mountain  pine, 
Disturb  the  sparrow's  nest. 

4  His  voice  sublime  is  heard  afar; 
In  distant  peals  it  dies ; 

He  yokes  the  whirlwind  to  his  car, 
And  sweeps  the  howling  skies. 

5  Ye  sons  of  earth,  in  rev'rence  bend ; 
Ye  -atior.s,  wait  his  nod ; 

And  let  unceasing  praise  ascend 
In  honour  of  our  God. 

80  l.  ix. 

Omnipotence  and  grace. 

THE  earth,  with  all  her  fulness,  owns 
Jehovah  for  her  sov'reign  Lord ; 
The  countless  myriads  of  her  60ns 
Rose  into  being  at  his  word. 

2  His  word  did  out  of  nothing  call 
The  world,  and  founded  all  that  is; 

Launch 'd  on  the  Hoods  this  solid  ball, 
And  fix'd  it  in  the  floating  sea*. 

3  But  who  shall  quit  this  low  abode— 
Who  shall  aseer.d  the  heavenly  place, 

And  stand  upon  the  mount  of  God, 
And  see  hie  Maker  face  to  face? 

4  The  man  whose  hands  and  heart  are  clean 
That  blessed  portion  shall  receive  ; 

He  who  by  grace  i-;  saved  from  sin, 
Shall  with  his  God  in  glory  live  :— 


THE  DIVINE   PERFECTIONS.     OO 

5  He  shall  obtain  the  starry  crown ; 

And,  number'd  with  the  saints  above, 
The  God  of  his  salvation  own, 

The  God  of  Lis  salvation  love. 

81  S.  M. 

Bounteous  in  mercy  and  goodness. 
11  fY  ilaker  and  my  King, 
IVi  To  thee  my  all" I  owe ; 
Thy  sov'reign  bounty  is  the  spring 

Whence  all  my  blessings  flow. 

2  The  creature  of  thy  hand, 
On  thee  alone  I  live  ; 

My  God,  thy  benefits  demand 
More  praise  than  I  can  give. 

3  0  let  thy  grace  inspire 

My  soul  with  strength  divine  ; 
Let  all  my  powers  to'thee  aspire, 
And  all  my  days  be  thine. 

82  L.  M. 

From  everlasting  to  everlasting. 

ERE  mountains  rear'd  their  forms  sublime 
Or  heaven  and  earth  in  order  stood, 
Before  the  birth  of  ancient  time, 
From  everlasting  thou  art  God. 

2  A  thousand  ages,  in  their  flight, 
With  thee  are  as  a  fleeting  day; 

Past,  present,  future,  to  thy  sight 
At  once  their  various  scenes  display. 

3  But  our  brief  life's  a  shadowy  dream, 
A  passing  thought,  that  soon  'is  o'er,— 

That  fades  with  morning's  earliest  beam, 
And  fills  the  musing  mind  no  more. 

4  To  us,  O  Lord,  the.  wisdom  give, 
Each  passing  moment  so  to  spend. 

That  we  at  length  with  thee  may  live 
Where  life  and  bliss  shall  never  end. 


56     THE   DIVINE  PERFECTIONS. 

83  C.  M. 
Omniscience. 

IORD,  nil  I  am  is  known  to  thee  ; 
1  In  vain  my  soul  would  try 
To  shun  thy  presence,  or  to  tiee 
The  notice  of  thine  eye. 

2  Thy  all-surrounding  sight  survevs 
My  rising  and  my  rest. 

My  public  walks,  my  private  ways, 
The  secrets  of  my  breast. 

3  My  thoughts  lie  open  to  thee,  Lord, 
Before  they're  form'd  within, 

And  ere  my 'lips  pronounce  the  word, 
Thou  know'st  the  sense  I  mean. 

4  O  wondrous  knowledge !  deep  and  high  : 
Where  can  a  creature  hide! 

Within  thy  circling  arms  I  lie, 

Beset  on  every  side. 
6  So  let  thy  grace  surround  me  still, 

And  like  a  bulwark  prove, 
To  guard  my  soul  from  every  ill, 

Secured  by  sov'reign  love." 

84  c.  m. 

Omniscience  and  omnipresence. 

FATHER  of  spirits,  nature's  God, 
Our  thoughts  are  known  to  thee ; 
Thou,  Lord,  canst  hear  each  idle  word, 
And  every  action  see. 

2  Could  we,  on  morning's  swiftest  wings, 
Fly  through  the  trackless  air, 

Or  dive  beneath  deep  ocean's  springs, 
Thy  presence  would  be  there. 

3  In  vain  may  guilt  attempt  to  fly, 
Conceal'd  by  darkest  night  j 

One  glance  from  thy  nll-piercmg  eye 
Can  bring  it  all  to  light. 


THE  DIVINE   PERFECTIONS. 


57 


4  Search  thou  our  hearts,  and  there  destroy 

Each  secret  besom  sin, 
And  fit  us  tor  those  realms  of  joy, 
That  we  may  enter  in. 
g'  10th  P.  M.  8  lines  Ss. 

Immutability. 

THIS,  this  is  the  God  we  adore, 
Our  faithful,  unchangeable  friend, 
Whose  love  is  as  great  as  his  power, 

And  neither  knows  measure  nor  end  : 
'Tis  Jesus,  the  first  and  the  last, 

"Whose  Spirit  shall  guide  us  safe  home; 
"We'll  praise  him  for  all  that  is  past, 
And  trust  him  for  all  that 's  to  come. 

86  l.  m. 

Iv finite  in  icisdom. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord !  'tis  good  to  rahe 
Your  hearts  and  voices  iu  his  praise  : 
His  nature  and  his  works  invite 
To  make  this  duty  our  delight. 

2  He  form'd  the  ttars,  those  heavenly  flames 
He  counts  their  numbers,  calls  their  names; 
His  wisdom's  vast,  and  knows  no  bound, — 
A  deep  where  all  our  thoughts  are  drown'd. 

3  Sing  to  the  Lord !  exalt  him  high, 
Who  spreads  the  clouds  along  the  sky ; 
There  he  prepares  the  fruitful  rain, 
Nor  lets  the  drops  descend  in  vain. 

4  He  makes  the  grass  the  hills  adorn ; 
He  clothes  the  smiling  fields  with  com ; 
The  beasts  with  food  his  hands  supply, 
And  the  young  ravens  when  they  cry". 

5  What  is  the  creature's  skill  or  force  5 
The  sprightly  man,  or  warlike  horse? 
Tho  piercing  wit,  the  active  limb? 

All  are  too  mean  delights  for  him. 


58     THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS. 
6  But  saint'!  are  lovely  in  his  sight: 
i-e  vievrs  liis  children  with  delight  : 
He  pee?  ihcir  hope,  he  knows  tteir  fear, 
He  looks,  and  loves  Ids  image  there. 

87  5d  P.  M;  6  lines  Ss. 

Infinite  condescension. 

GOOD,  of  good  the'  unfathnm'd  sea, 
Who  would  not  give  his  heart  to  thee ! 

Who  would  not  love  thee  with  his  might! 
O  Jesus,  lover  of  mankind, 
Who  would  not  his  whole  soul  and  mind, 

With  all  his  strength,  to  thee  unite ! 
2  Thou  shin'st  with  everlasting  rays; 
Before  the'  insufferable  blaze 

Angels  with  both  wings  veil  their  eyes; 
Yet  free  as  air  thy  bounty  streams; 
On  all  thy  works  thy  mercy's  beams, 

Diffusive  as  thy  sun's,  arise. 
8  Astcnislrd  at  thy  fr  rwning  brow. 
Earth,  hell,  and  heaven's  strong  pillars  bow  : 

Terrible  majesty  is  thine ! 
Who  then  can  that  vast  love  express, 
Which  bows  thee  down  to  me, — who  less 

Than  nothing  am  till  thou  art  mine. 
4  High  throned  on  heaven's  eternal  hill, 
Tn  number,  -weight,  and  measure  still 

Thou  sweetly  ord'rest  all  that  is: 
And  yet  thou  deign'st  to  come  to  me, 
And  guide  my  steps,  that  I,  with  thee 

Enthroned,  may  reign  in  endless  bliss. 

88  L.  M. 

Wisdom,  justice,  truth. 
rrjTTXK,  Lord,  i?  wisdom,  thine  alone! 
1    Justice  and  truth  before  thee  stand  : 
Yet,  nearer  to  thy  sacred  throne, 
Mercy  withholds  thy  lifted  band. 


THE  DIVESTE  PERFECTIONS.     59 

2  Each  evening  shows  thy  tender  love ; 
Each  rising  morn  thy  plenteous  grace  : 

Thy  waken'd  vrrath  doth  slowly  move ; 
-     Thy  willing  mercy  flies  apace. 

3  To  thy  henign,  indulgent  care, 
Father,  this  light,  this  breath  we  owe ; 

And  all  we  have,  and  all  we  are, 
From  thee,  great  Source  of  being,  flow. 

4  Thrice  Holy!  thine  the  kingdom  is, 
The  power 'omnipotent  is  thine; 

And  when  created  nature  dies, 
Thy  never-ceasing  glories  shine. 

89  c.  m. 

Goodness  and  mercy. 

IET  every  tongue  thv  goodness  speak, 
J  Thou  sovereign  Lord  of  ail ; 
Thy  strength'ning  hands  uphold  the  weak 
And  raise  the  poor  that  fall. 

2  When  sorrows  bow  the  spirit  down, 
When  virtue  lies  distress'd, 

Beneath  the  proud  oppressor's  frown, 
Thou  giv'st  the  mourner  rest. 

3  Thou  know'st  the  pains  thy  servants  feel, 
Thou  hear'st  thy  children's  cry; 

And  their  best  wishes  to  fulfil, 
Thy  grace  is  ever  nigh. 

4  Thy  mercy  never  shall  remove 
From  men  of  heart  sincere  : 

Thou  sav'st  the  souls  whose  humble  love 
Is  join'd  with  holy  fear. 

5  My  lips  shall  dwell  upon  thy  praise, 
And  spread  thy  fame  abroad"; 

Let  all  the  sons  of  Adam  raise 
The  honours  of  their  God. 


60     THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS. 

90  s.  U. 

The  only  iche  God. 

THOU,  the  eternal  Lord, 
Art  high  above  our  thought ; 
And  worthy  to  be  fear'd,  adored, 

13  y  all  thy  hands  have  wrought: 
None  cau  with  thee  compare, 

Thy  dory  fills  the  sky; 

Ami  all  created  beings  are 

As  nothing  in  thine  eye. 

2  Of  thine  unbounded  power, 
To  thee  the  praise  we  give ; 

Omnipotently  great,  and  more 
Than  heart  can  e'er  conceive  : 

Whene'er  thju  wiit  proceed, 
Thy  work  can  none  withstand, 

Or  frustrate  thy  determined  deed, 
Or  stay  the'*Almighty*s  hand. 

3  Thou,  Lord,  art  wise  clone; 
Thy  counsel  doth  excel ; 

Most  wonderful  ihy  works  we  own, 

Thy  ways  unsearchable  : 
Who  knows  the  mystery, — 

The  judgments  can  explain, — 
Of  Him  whose  eyes  in  torkni 

And  search  the  heart  of  man  J 

91  C.  M. 
Glory,  mercy,  grace. 

FATHER,  how  wide  thy  glory  shines, 
How  high  thy  wonders  rise! 
Known  through  the  earth  by  thousand  signs, 

By  thousands  through  the  skies. 
1  Those  mighty  orbs  proclaim  thy  powor, 

Their  motions  speak  thy  skill ; 
And  on  ilo>  winge  of  ev<  i 
We  read  thy  patience  still. 


THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS.     61 

3  Part  of  thy  Name  divinely  stands, 
On  all  thy"  creatures  writ : 

They  show" the  labour  of  thy  hands, 
Or  impress  of  thy  feet.  - 

4  But  when  we  view  thy  strange  design 
To  save  rebellious  worms, 

Where  vengeance  and  compassion  join 
In  their  divinest  forms  : 

5  Here  the  whole  Deity  is  known, 
Nor  dares  a  creature  sruess 

Which  of  the  glories  brighter  shone, 
The  justice  or  the  grace. 

6  Now  the  full  glories  of  the  Lamb 
Adorn  the  heavenly  plains  ; 

Bright  seraphs  leam'lmmanuel's  Name, 
And  try  their  choicest  strains. 

T  0  may  I  bear  some  humble  part 

In  that  immortal  song ! 
Wonder  and  joy  shall  tune  my  heart, 

And  love  command  my  tongue. 

02  c.  m. 

Wisdom  and  goodness. 

BLEST  be  our  everlasting  Lord, 
Our  Father,  God,  and  King ! 
Thy  sov'reign  goodness  we  record, 
Thy  glorious  power  we  sing. 

2  By  thee  the  victory  is  given : 

The  majesty  divine, 
Wisdom  and  might,  and  earth  and  heaven, 

And  all  therein,  are  thine. 

8  The  kingdom,  Lord,  is  thine  alone, 

Who  dost  thy  right  maintain, 
And,  high  on  thy  eternal  throne, 

O'er  men  and  angels  reign. 


62     THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS. 

4  Riches,  as  seemeth  good  to  thee, 
Thou  dost,  and  honour  give  ; 

And  kings  their  power  and  dignity 
Out  of  thy  hand  receive. 

5  Thou  hast  on  us  the  grace  bestow'd, 
Thy  greatness  to  proclaim  j 

And  therefore  now  we  thank  our  God, 
And  praise  thy  glorious  Name. 

6  Thy  glorious  Name,  thy  nature's  powers, 
Thou  dost  to  its  make  known ; 

And  all  the  Deity  is  ours, 
Through  thy  incarnate  Son. 

93  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

Goodness. 

OGOD,  my  hope,  my  heavenly  rest, 
My  all  of  happiness  below, 
Grant  my  importunate  request, 

To  me,  to  me,  thy  goodness  show; 
Thy  beatific  face  display, 
The  brightness  of  eternal  day. 
2  Before  my  faith's  enlighten'd  eyes, 

Make  oil' thy  grade. us  goodness  pass; 
Thy  goodness  is  the  sight  I  prize: 

O  might  I  see  thy  smiling  face  : 
Thy  nature  in  my  soul  proclaim, 
Reveal  thy  love," thy  glorious  name. 

94  L.  M. 

Immanuel,  Godwiii  «?. 
"TTERNAL  depth  of  love  divine, 
J  j  In  Jesus,  God  with  us,  display'd; 
How  bright  thy  beaming  glories  shine  I 

How-  wale  thy  healing  streams  are  spreadl 
2  With  whom  dost  thou  delight  to  dwell! 
Sinners,  a  vile  and  thankless  race! 

at  tongue  aright  can  tell 
How  vast  thy  love,  how  great  thy  grace! 


THE  niyiWE  PERFECTIONS.      63 

3  The  dictates  of  thy  sov'reign  will 
With  joy  our  grateful  hearts  receive; 

Ail  thy  delight  in  us  fulfil ; 

.    Lo,  all  we  are  to  thee  we  give. 

4  To  thy  sure  love,  thy  tender  care, 
Our  flesh,  soul,  spirit,  we  resign ; 

O  fix  thy  snored  presence  there, 
And  seal  the'  abode  forever  thine. 

95  c.  m. 

Infinite  lave. 
\  THOUSAND  oracles  divina 
j\  Their  common  beams  unite. 
That  sinners  mav  with  angels  join, 
To  worship  God  aright. 

2  Triumphant  host !  they  never  ceas9 
To  laud  and  magnify 

The  triune  God  of  holiness, 
"Whose  glory  fills  the  sky. 

3  By  faith  the  upper  choir  we  meet, 
Aud  join  with  "them  to  sing 

Jehovah,  on  his  shining  seat, 
Our  Maker  and  our  King. 

4  For  God,  made  flesh,  is  wholly  ours, 
And  asks  our  noblest  strain ; 

The  Father  of  celestial  powers, 
The  Friend  of  earth-born  man. 

96  c.  m. 

God  is  love. 

GREAT  God !  to  me  the  sight  afford 
To  him  of  old  allow'd ; 
And  let  my  faith  behold  its  Lord, 

Descending  in  a  cloud. 
2  In  thy  revealing  Spirit  come, 

Thine  attributes  proclaim, 
And  to  mine  inmost  soul  make  known 
The  glories  of  thy  Name. 


04     THE  PIVINB   PERFECTIONS. 

3  Jehovah,  Chri?t,  I  thee  adore, 
"Who  gav'st  my  soul  to  be ; 

Fountain  of  being  find  of  power, 
And  great  in  majesty. 

4  The  Lord,  the  mighty  Sod,  thou  art, 
But  let  me  rather  prove 

That  name  inspoken  to  my  heart, 
That  fav'rite  name  of  Love. 

5  Merciful  God,  thyself  proclaim 
In  this  polluted  breast ; 

Mercy  is  thy  disfmsruishM  name, 
And  suite  the  sinner  best. 

6  Our  mis'ry  doth  for  pity  call, 
Our  sin  implores  thy  grace  ; 

And  thou  art  merciful  to  all 
Our  lost,  apostate  race. 

97  s.  m. 

Love  and  ma-f. 


REAT  God,  accept  a  heart 
I  That  pants  to  sing  thy  praise  ; 


G 

Thin,  who  without  beginning  art, 

And  without  end  of  days  : 
Thy  goodness  is  disDlayM, 

On  all  thy  works  impress'd  j 
Thon  lovest  all  thy  hands  have  made, 

But  man  thou  lovest  best. 

2  Gracious  art  thou  to  all 

Who  truly  turn  to  thee ; 
O  hear  me,  then,  tor  pardon  call, 

Aud  show  thy  grace  to  me  : 
Through  mercy  reconciled, 

For  Jesns'  snho  forgiven; 
Receive,  O  Lord,  thy  l'avour'd  child, 

To  sing  tby  praise  in  heaven. 


THE   DIVINE   PERFECTIONS.     65 

$8  c.  M. 

Sovree  of  all  blessings. 
TEHOVAH,  God,  thy  graeious  power 
<J  -  On  every  hand  we  see  ; 
O  may  the  'blessings  of  each  hour 
Lead  all  cur  thoughts  to  thee. 

2  If  on  the  wings  of  mom  we  speed, 
To  earth's  remotest  bound, 

Thy  hand  will  there  our  journey  lead, 
Thine  arm  our  path  surround. 

3  Thy  power  is  in  the  ocean  desps, 
And  reaches  to  the  skies ; 

Thine  eye  of  mercy  never  sleeps, 
Thy  goodness  never  dies. 

4  From  morn  till  noon — till  latest  eve. 
Thy  hand,  O  God,  we  see : 

And  all  the  blessings  we  receive, 
Proceed  alone  from  thee. 

99  c.  x. 

The  Author  of  every  good  gift. 
-RATHER,  to  thee  my  soul  I  lift ; 
£    My  soul  on  thee  depends; 
Convinced  that  every  perfect  gift 

From  thee  alone  descends. 
•2  Mercy  and  grace  are  thine  alone, 

And  power  and  wisdom  too  : 
Withont  the  Spirit  of  thy  Son, 

We  nothing  good  can  do. 
3  We  cannot  speak  one  useful  word, 

One  holy  thought  conceive, 
Unless,  in  answer  to  our  Lord, 

Thyself  the  blessing  give. 
4.  His  blood  demands  the  purchased  gra<%9 1 

His  blood's  availing  plea 
©btain'd  the  help  for  all  our  race, 

And  sends  it  down  to  me. 


66     THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS. 

5  Thou  all  oar  works  in  us  hnst  wrought ; 
Our  good  is  all  divine  : 

The  praise  of  every  virtuous  thought, 
And  righteous  word,  is  thine. 

6  From  thee,  through  Jesus,,  we  receive 
The  power  on  thee  to  call, 

In  whom  we  are,  and  move,  and  live ; 
Our  God  i3  all  in  all. 

100  L.  M» 

HoUnon. 

HOLY  as  thou,  O  Lord,  is  none ; 
Thy  holiness  is  all  thine  own ; 
A  drop  of  that  unbounded  sea 
Is  ours, — a  drop  derived  from  thee. 

2  And  when  thy  purity  we  share, 
Thine  only  fclory  we  declare ; 
And,  humbled  into  nothing,  uv,-r, 
Holy  and  pure  is  God  alone. 

3  Sole,  self-existing  God  and  Lord, 
By  all  thy  heavejily  hosts  adrred, 
Let  all  on  earth  bow  down  to  thee. 
And  own  thy  peerless  majesty. 

4  Thy  power  unparallel'd  confess, 
Establish 'd  on  the  Rock  of  ;• 

The  Rock  that  never  shall  remove, — 
The  Rock  of  pure,  almighty  love. 

101  C.  51. 
The  Trinity. 


II 


AIL!  holy',  holy,  holy  Lord, 
Whom  one  in'three  we  know; 
By  all  thy  heavenly  host  adored, 

By  all  thy  Church  below. 
2  One  undivided  Trinity 

With  triumph  we  proclaim  ; 
Thy  universe  is  full  of  thee, 

And  speaks  thy  glorious  nam*. 


THE  DIVINE   PERFECTIONS.     07 

3  Thee,  holy  Father,  we  confess ; 
Thee,  holy  Son,  adore  ; 

And  thee,  the  Holy  Ghost,  we  bless, 
-     And  worship  evermore. 

4  Hail !  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord, 
Our  heavenly  song  shall  he  ; 

Supreme,  essential  One,  adored 
lii  co-etemal  Three ! 

102  L.  M. 

The  glorious  goodness  of  the  triune  Jehovah. 

C  OJIE,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Whom  one  all-perfeet  God'we  own, 
Restorer  of  thine  image  lost, 

Thy  various  offices  make  known. 

2  Jehovah  in  three  persons,  come, 
And  draw,  and  sprinkle  us,  and  seal, 

Poor,  guilty,  dying  worms,  in  whom 
Thou  wilt  eternal  life  reveal. 

3  Oar  fallen,  ruin'd  souls,  to  raise, 
The  knowledge  of  thyself  bestow ; 

Reveal  the  riches  of  tby  grace, 
And  all  thy  glorious  goodness  show. 

103  c.  at 

One  God  in  three  persons. 

HAIL,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
One  God  in  persons  three; 
Of  thee  we  make  our  .joyful  boast, 
And  homage  pay  to'  thee. 

2  Present  alike  in  every  place, 
Thy  Godhead  we  adore  : 

Beyond  the  bounds  of  time  and  space 
Thou  dwellest  evermore. 

3  In  wisdom  infinite  thou  art, 
Thine  eye  doth  all  things  see ; 

And  every  thought  of  every  heart 
Ib  fully  known  to  thee. 


GS     THE  DIVINE   PERFECTIONS. 

4  Thou  lov'st  whate'er  thy  hands  have  made; 
Thy  goodness  we  reli 

In  shining  character  dispiay'd 
out  the  universe. 

5  Wherefore  let  every  creature  give 
To  thee  the  prs 

But  chiefly,  Lord,  the  thanks  receive,— 
The  hearts,  of  all  mankind. 

The  co-etcrnal  Three. 

HOLY,  holv.  holv  Lord, 
God  the  Mther,  God  the  Word, 
God  the  Comforter,  receive 
Blessings  more  than  we  can  give. 
9  Join'd  with  those  beyond  the  sky, 
Worshipping  the  Lord 'most  high, 
We  our  hearts  and  voices  raise, 
Echo  his  eternal  praise. 

3  Three  in  one,  and  one  in  three, 

nplest  unity, — 
God',  in  -line  thy  gracious  ear; 
Us,  ij  lisping' creature?,  hear. 

4  Thee,  while  man,  the  earth-horn,  sings, 

rink  within  their  wings; 
Beraphim  above 
unutterable  love. 

5  Fain  with  them  our  s  mis  would  vie; 
Si:.k  as  low,  and  mount  as  high; 
Fall,  o'erwhelm'd  with  love,  or  soar; 
Shout,  or  silently  i 

105  L-  "• 

Co-equa!  and  co-eternal. 

T»LESSENG  and  honour,  praise  and  love, 
I  I       ■qual,  co-eternal   I 

low,  in  heaven  above, 
By  all  thy  works,  he  paid  to  th.-e. 


THE  DIVINE   PERFECTIONS.     69 

2  Let  all"  wlio  owe  to  thee  their  birth, 

In  praises  every  hour  employ ; 
Jejiovah  reigns '.  be  glad,  O  earth, 

And  shout,  ye  morning  stars,  for  joy. 

106  c.  m. 

Unsearchable. 

HAIL,  Father,  whose  creating  call 
Unnumber'd  worlds  attend  ; 
Jehovah,  comprehending  all, 
Whom  none  can  comprehend. 

2  In  light  unsearchable  enthroned, 
Whom  angels  dimly  see  ; 

The  fountain  of  the  Godhead  own'd, 
And  foremost  of  the  Three  : 

3  Supreme  and  all-sufficient  God ! 
When  nature  shall  expire, 

And  worlds,  created  by  thy  nod, 
Shall  perish  by  thy  fire  ■ 

4  Thy  Name,  Jehovah,  be  adored 
By  creatures  without  end ; 

Whom  none  but  thy  essential  Word 
And  Spirit  comprehend. 

107  c.  if. 

Dwelling  in  light  which  no  man  can  approach, 

ETERNAL  Power,  Almighty  God, 
Who  can  approach  thy  throne  1 
Unfading  light  is  thine  abode, 
To  mortal  man  unknown. 

2  Before  the  radiance  of  thine  eye, 
The  heavens  no  longer  shine; 

And  all  the  glories  of  the  sky 
Are  but  the  shade  of  thine. 

3  Great  God,  and  wilt  thou  condescend 
To  cast  a  look  below? 

To  this  vile  world  thy  notice  bend— 
These  seats  of  sin  and  wo  J 


70     THE  DIVINE   PERFECTIONS. 

4  How  strange,  how  wondrous,  is  thy  love 

With  trembling  we  "adore: 
Not  all  the'  exalted  minds  above 

Its  wonders  can  explore. 
6  While  golden  harps  and  angel  tongues 

Resound  immortal  lavs, 
Great  God,  permit  our  humble  songs 

To  celebrate  thy  praise. 

108  L.  M. 

Canst  thou  find  out  the  Almighty  to  perfection  t 

OGOD,  thou  bottomless  abyss ! 
Thee  to  perfection  who  can  know? 
O  height  immense !  what  words  suffice, 
Thy  countless  attributes  to  show  ? 

2  Greatness  unspeakable  is  thine  ; 
Greatness,  whxse  andiminlsh'd  ray, 

When  short-lived  worlds  are  lost,  shall  sbine,- 
When  earth  and  heaven  are  fled  away. 

3  Unchangeable,  all-perfect  Lord, 
Essential  life's  unbounded  sea, 

What  lives  and  moves,  lives  by  thy  word, 
It  lives,  and  moves,  and  is,  &  m  thee. 

4  High  is  thy  power  above  all  height; 
Whate'er  thy  will  decrees  is    I 

Thy  wisdom,  equal  to  thy  might, 
Only  to  thee,  O  God,  is  known  1 

109  L  M- 

Incomprehensibly  glorious. 

GOD  is  a  N:r  res, — 

The'  almighty  Three,  the'  eternal  One: 
Nature  and  grace,  with  all  their  powi  is, 

Confess  the  Infinite  Unknown. 
7  Thy  voice  produced  the  sea  and  spheres ; 

Baile  the  waves  roar,  the  planeU  shine  : 
Cut  nothing  like  thyself  appears 
Through  all  thet'e  spacious  works  of  thine. 


THE  DIVINE   PERFECTIONS.     71 

3  Still  restless  nature  dies  and  grows: 
From  change  to  change  the  creatures  run : 

Thy  being  no  succession  knows, 
And  all  thy  vast  designs  are  one. 

4  A  glance  of  thine  runs  through  the  globe, 
Rules  the  bright  worlds,  and  moves  their  frame  ; 

Of  light  thou  form'st  thy  dazzling  robe; 
Thy  ministers  are  living  flame. 

5  How  shall  polluted  mortals  dare 
To  sing  thy  glory  or  thy  grace? 

Beneath  "thy  feet  we  lie  afar, 
And  see  but  shadows  of  thy  face. 

6  VTho  can  behold  the  blazing  light? 
"Who  can  approach  consuming  flame? 

None  but  thy  wisdom  knows  thy  might; 
None  but  thy  word  can  speak*  thy  name. 

110  C.  M. 

Such  knowledge  is  too  wonderful  for  us. 

SHALL  foolish,  weak,  short-sighted  man 
Beyond  the  angels  go, — 
The  great  Almighty  God  explain, 
Or  to  perfection  know  ? 

2  His  attributes  divinely  soar 

Above  the  creature's  sight, 
And  prostrate  seraphim  adore 

The  glorious  Infinite. 

The  brightness  of  his  glory  leaves 
Description  far  below ; 
Nor  man's  nor  angel's  heart  conceives 
How  deep  his  mercies  flow. 

4  His  grace  is  most  unsearchable, 

And  dazzles  all  above  ; 
They  gaze,  but  cannot  count  or  tell 

The  treasures  of  his  love. 


iZ     THE  DIVINE  PERFECTIONS. 

Ill  CM. 

•  ase!essprahefromal!Tfiscreatiire». 
)RAISE  ve  the  Lord,  ye'  immortal  choirs 


P 


That  fill  the  worlds  above; 
Praise  him  who  form'd  you  of  his  fires, 

And  feeds  you  with  his  love. 
5  Shine  to  his  praise,  ve  crvstal  skies, 

The  ft  .or  of  his  ; 
Or  veil  in  shades  your  thousand  eyes 

re  your  brighter  God. 
S  Thou  restless  globe  of  golden  light, 

Whose  beams  create  our  days. 
Join  with  the  silver  queen  of  night, 

To  own  your  borrowed  rays. 

4  Thunder  and  hail,  and  fire  and  storms, 
The  troops  of  his  command, 

:  U  your  dreadful  forms, 
And  speak  his  awful  hand. 

5  Shout  to  the  Lord,  ye  surging  seas, 
In  your  eternal  roar ; 

Let  wave  to  wave  resound  his  praise, 
And  shore  reply  to  shore. 

6  Thus  while  the  meaner  creatures  sing, 
Ye  mortals,  catch  the  sound; 

Echo  the  glories  of  your  King 
Through  all  the  nations  round. 

112  5th  P.  M.  4  Ka«7s. 

Eternal  praises  tn  the  ifott  High. 

THEE  to  laud  in  songs  divine 
join  : 
We  with  them  our  voices  raise, 
Echo  tli in t-  eternal  praise. 
S  II  >ly,  holy,  holy  Lord, 
Live,  by  heaven  and  earth  adored: 
Thus,  with  them,  we  ever  cry, 
Glory  be  to  God  most  high! 


TIIE  IXCARXAT10X  AND  BIRTH 
OP  JESUS  CHRIST. 


113  c,m. 

Glad  tidings  of  great  joy. 

WHILE  shepherds  watch 'd  their  flocks  bynight, 
All  seated  on  the  ground, 
The  angel  of  the  Lord  came  down, 
And  glory  shone  around. 

2  Fear  not,  said  he,  (for  mighty  dread 
Had  seized  their  troubled  mind,) 

Glad  tidings  of  great  joy  I  bring, 
To  you  and  all  mankind. 

3  To  you,  in  David's  town,  thi3  day 
Is  bom,  of  David's  line, 

The  Saviour,  who  is  Christ  the  Lord; 
And  this  shall  be  the  sign  : 

4  The  heavenly  babe  you  there  shall  find 
To  human  view  display 'd, 

All  meanly  wrapp'd  in  swatking-bands, 
And  in  a  manger  laid. 

5  Thus  spake  the  seraph  :  and  forthwith 
Appear'd  a  shining  throng 

Of  angels,  praising  God  on  high, 
Who  thus  address'd  their  song  : 

6  All  glory  be  to  God  on  high, 
And  to  the  earth  be  peace  : 

Good-will  henceforth,  from  heaven  to  men, 
Begin  and  never  cease. 

J 14  9th  P.  M.  S7,  87. 

Peace  on  earth — good-will  to  men. 

IT  ARK !  what  mean  those  holy  voices, 
1  Sweetly  sounding  through  the  skies  J 
Lo !  the'  angelic  host  rejoices; 
Heavenly  hallelujahs  rise. 


74      INCARNATION  AND  BIRTH 

2  Listen  to  the  wondrous  story, 

W1  ich  they  chant  in  hymns  of  joy: — 
Glory  in  the  highest,  glory, 
Glury  be  to  God  most  high! 

3  Peace  on  earth,  good-will  from  heaven, 
Reaching  far  as  man  i? 

Souls  redeem'd,  and  sins  forgiven ! — 
Loud  our  golden  harps  shall  sound. 

4  Christ  is  birn,  the  great  Anointed; 
Heaven  and  earth  his  praises  sing; 

O  receive  whom  God  appointed, 
For  your  Prophet,  Pnest,  and  King. 

8  Hasten,  mortals,  to  adore  him ; 
Learn  his  name,  and  taste  his  j.>y; 

Till  in  heaven  ye  sing  before  hini, — 
Glory  be  to  God  most  high ! 

115  15th  P.  M.  11  9,  11 

Chrhimaa-day. 

LL  hail !  happy  day, 


A1 


When,  enrobed  in  our  clay, 
The  Redeemer  appear'd  upon  earth ; 

How  can  we  refrain 

To  unite  in  the  strain, 
And  to  hail  our  Immnnuel'a  birth ! 

2  Ye  angels  of  God, 
Sound  his  praises  abroad, 

And  acknowledge  him  JAH,  the  I  AM: 

We  als  >  will  y  in 

In  ft  hymn  so  divine, 
Giving  glory  to  God  and  the  Lamb! 

3  O  may  the  return 

Of  this  once  blessed  mom 
Be  forever  rcmember'd  with  joy : 

Sweet  accents  of  praise 

Ail  our  v  ires  shall  raiso; 
Hallelujaha  shall  bo  our  employ! 


OF  JESUS  CHRIST.  ii 

4  Let  echo  prolong 

Tlie  harmonious  song, — 
Hallelujahs  again  and  again  : 

He  kindles  the. fire, 

Whom  the  nations  desire, 
And  to  him  we  devote  the  glad  strain. 

116  c.  jr. 

Glory  to  God  in  the  highest. 

MORTALS,  awake,  with  angels  join, 
And  chant  the  solemn  lay ; 
Joy,  love,  and  gratitude  combine, 
To  hail  the'  auspicious  day. 

2  In  heaven  the  rapt'rous  song  began, 
And  sweet  seraphic  fire 

Through  all  the  shining  legions  ran, 
And  strung  and  tuned  the  lyre. 

3  Swift  through  the  vast  expanse  it  flew, 
And  loud  the  echo  roll'd; 

The  theme,  the  song,  the  joy,  was  new, — 
'Twas  more  than  heaven  could  hold. 

4  Down  through  the.  portals  of  the  sky 
The'  impetuous  torrent  ran ; 

And  angels  flew,  with  eager  joy, 

To  bear  the  news  to  man. 
6  With  joy  the  chorus  we  repeat,— 

Glory  to  God  on  high ! 
Good-will  and  peace  are  now  complete — 

Jesus  was  born  to  die. 
6  Hail,  Prince  of  life,  forever  hail ! 

Redeemer,  Brother,  Friend! 
Though  earth,  and  time,  and  life  shall  fail, 

Thy  praise  shall  never  end. 
1  Hark !  the  cherubic  armies  shout, 

And  glory  leads  the  song : 
Good-will  and  peace  are  heard  throughout 

The'"  harmonious  heavenly  throng. 


70      INCARNATION   AXD   BIRTH 

117  P.  M.  11  10,  11  10. 

The  star  in  the  East. 

BRIGHTEST  and  best  of  the  sons  of  the  morning, 
Dawn  on  nur  darkness,  and  lend  us  thine  aid; 
Star  of  the  East,  the  horii 
Guide  where  the  infant  Redeemer  is  laid. 

2  Cold,  on  his  cradle,  the  dew-drops  are  shining; 
Low  i;es  his  oed  with  the  beasts  of  the  stall; 

Angela  adore  him,  in  slumber  reclining, — 
Maker,  and  Monarch,  and  Saviour,  or"  all. 

3  S::y,  shall  we  yield  him,  in  costly  devotion, 
Odours  of  Eden  and  ell"  rings  divine  ? 

Gems  of  the  mountain,  and  pearls  .  :  llie  ocean, 
Myrrh  from  the  forest,  and  gold  from  the  minel 

4  Vainly  we  offer  each  ample  oblation  ; 
Vainly  with  dfts  would  his  favour  secure ; 

Richer  by  far  is  the  heart's  adora 
Dearer  to  G.,d  are  the  prayers  of  the  poor. 

118  c  *• 

Design  and  object  of  ITis  advent. 

HARK,  the  glad  sound !  the  Saviour  comes,— 
The  Saviour,  promised  long; 
Let  every  heart  prepare  a  (krone, 
And  every  voice  a  song. 

2  He  comes,  the  pris'ner  to  release, 
In  Satan's  bondage  held ; 

The  gates  of  brass  before  him  burst, 
The  iron  fetters  yield. 

3  He  comes,  from  thickest  films  of  vice 
To  cleat  the  menial  ray, 

And  on  the  eyes  oppress 'd  with  night 
To  pour  celestial  day. 

4  He  aame3,  the  broken  heart  to  bind, 
The  wounded  soul  to  cure, 

And,  with  the  treasures  of  bin  grace, 
To'  enrich  the  humble  . 


OF   JESUS   CHRIST.  77 

5  Our  elad  kosanims,  prince  of  peace, 
Tli v  welcome  sball  proclaim, 

And  heaven's  eternal  arches  ring 
With  thy  beloved  name. 

119  8th  P.  M.  81,  61,  47. 

Worship  the  new-born  Swai 
ANGELS,  from  thorea^B  of  gl  ry, 
A  Wing  ycur  flight  o'er  all  the  eaith; 
Ye  who  sang  creati  :.'-  story 
Now  proclaim  Messiah  s  birth: 
Come  and  wc  rship, — 
Worship  Christ,  the  new-born  king. 

2  Shepherds,  in  the  field  abiding. 
Watching  o'er  your  flocks  by  night, 

God  with  man  is  now  residing; 
Yonder  shines  the  infant  light  : 
Come  and  worship, — 
Worship  Christ,  the  new-horn  king. 

3  Sagos,  leave  your  contemplations, — 
Brighter  visions  beam  afar; 

Seek  the  great  Desire  of  nations  ; 
Ye  have  seen  his  natal  star  : 
Come  and  worship,— 
Worship  Christ,  the  new-bom  king. 

4  Saints,  before  the  altar  bending, 
Watching  long  in  hope  and  fear, 

Suddenly  the  Lord,  descending, 
In  his  temple  shall  appear : 
Come  and  worship, — 
Worship  Christ,  the  new-bom  king. 

5  Sinners,  wrung  with  true  repentance, 
Doom'd  for  guilt  to  endless  pains, 

Justice  now  revokes  the  sentence, — 
Mercy  calls  you, — break  your  chains  : 
Come  and  worship, — 
Worship  Christ,  the  new-born  king. 


i"8      INCARNATION  AND  BIRTH 

120  5th  P-  !*•  *  '«"■  *s- 

Wonderful  Courtjellor. 

I) RIGHT  and  joyful  is  the  mom, 
)  F  r  to  us  a  ctiild  is  born; 
From  tlie  highest  realms  of  heaven, 
Unto  us  a  Son  is  given. 

2  On  his  shoulder  he  shall  bear 
Power  and  majesty,  and  wear, 
On  his  vesture  and  his  thigh, 
Names  most  awful,  names  most  high. 

3  Wonderful  in  counsel  He, 
Christ,  the'  incarnate  Deity; 
Sire  of  ages,  ne'er  to  cease"; 

King  of  kings,  and  Prince  of  peace. 

4  Come  and  worship  at  his  feet ; 
Yield  to  him  the  homage  meet ; 
From  the  manger  to  the  throne, 
Homage  due  to  God  alone. 

121  c.  M. 

The  Prince  of  peace, 

TO  us  a  child  of  hope  is  born, 
To  us  a  Son  is  given  : 
Hi::i  shall  the  tribes  of  earth  obey, 

Hiin,  all  the  hosts  of  heaven. 
2  His  name  shall  be  the  Prince  of  peaee, 

Forever  more  adored, — 

uderfbL  the  Counsellor, 

The  great  and  mighty  Lord. 
8  His  power,  increasing,  still  shall  spread ; 

His  reign  no  end  shall  know; 
Justice  shall  guard  his  throne  above, 

And  peace  abound  below. 
4  To  us  a  child  of  hope  ill 

To  us  a  Son  is  given ; — 
The  \Y.  "=,-llor, 

The  mighty  Lord  of  heaven. 


OF  JESUS  CHRIST. 


73 


122  s.  m. 

TAe  m!'p%  Corf. 

REJOICE  in  Jea«3'  birth,— 
To  ua  a  Son  is  given ; 
To  us  a  child  is  bom  on  earth. 
Who  made  both  earth  and  heaven, 

2  He  reigns  above  the  sky, — 
This  universe  sustains  : — 

The  God  supreme;  the  Lord  most  hig>., 
The  king  Messiah  reigns. 

3  The  mighty  God  is  He, 
Author  of  heavenly  bliss.; 

The  Father  of  eternity, 
The  glorious  Prince  of  peace. 

4  His  government  shall  grow, 
From  strength  to  strength  proceed : 

His  righteousness  the  church  o'eiftov.-, 
And  all  the  earth  o'erspread. 

123  l.  at 

Prophet,  Priest,  and  King. 
WO  us  a  child,  of  royal  birth. 
J.   End  of  the  promises,  is  given  ; 
The'  Invisible  appears  on  earth, — 

The  Son  of  man,  the  God  of  heaven. 
2  A  Saviour  born,  in  love  supreme, 

He  comes,  our  fallen  souls  to  raise; 
He  comes,  his  people  to  redeem, 

With  all  his  plenitude  of  grace. 

5  The  Christ,  by  raptured  seers  foretold, 
Fill'd  with  the  Holy  Spirit's  power, 

Prophet,  and  Priest,  and  King,  behold; 

And  Lord  of  all  the  world  adore. 
4  The  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  most  high, 

Who  quits  his  throne,  on  earth  to  lfv-e, 
With  joy  we  welcome  from  the  sky. 

With  faith  into  cur  hearts  receive. 


80      LN'CARXATION  AND  BIRTH 
.  124  S.  k 

Thanks  for  the  unspeakable  gift. 

FATHER,  our  hearts  we  lift 
Lp  to  thy  gracious  throne, 
And  thank  thee  for  the  precious  gift 
Of  thine  incarnate  Son. 

2  His  infant  cries  proclaim 

A  peace  'twist  earth  sad  heaven  % 
Salvation,  through  his  only  Name, 
To  all  mankind  is  given. 

3  The  gift  unspeakable 

.kfully  receive, 
And  to  the  world  thy  goodness  te:l, 
And  to  thy  glory  live. 

4  Hay  all  mankind  receive 
The  new-born  Prin-'j  of  peace-, 

And  meekly  in  his  spirit  live, 
And  in  lus  love  increase. 

5  Till  he  convey  us  home, 

iry  soul  aloud, — 
Con  B,  thou  Desire  of  nations,  c 
And  take  ua  up  to  Gcd. 

2  25  5th  P.  M.  4  . 

The  Sun  of  righteousness. 

HARK !  the  herald  angels  sing,— 
Glory  to  the  new-born  Kins [ 
.    ,-arth,  r.r.d  mercy  mild; 
God  and  sinnera  reconciled. 

2  Joyfa]  all  ye  nations  rise, — 
Join  the  triumphs  of  the  slues; 
Wiih  angelic  lusts  proclaim, — 
Christ  is  born  in  Bethlehem. 

3  Christ,  by  highest  heaven  adored,— 
Christ,  the  everlasting  Lord; 

Veil'd  in  flesh  the  Godhead  see; 
Hail,  incarnate  Dvitvl 


OF  JESUS  CHRIST.  82 

4  Hail  the  heaven-born  Prince  of  peace  1 
Hail  the  Sun  of  righteousness ! 

Light  and  life  to  all  he  brings, — 
Risen  with  healing  in  hi3.  wings. 

5  Come,  Desire  of  nations,  coma  } 
Fix  in  us  thy  humble  home  j 
Second  Adam  from  above, 
Reinstate  us  in  thy  love. 


126  26th  P.  M.  76,  76,  76, 1*. 

The  glory  of  His  kingdom. 

HAIL,  to  the  Lord's  anointed, 
Great  David's  greater  Son! 
Hail,  in  the  time  appointed, 
His  reign  on  earth  begun ! 
He  comes  to  break  oppression, — 

To  set  the  captive  free  ; 
To  take  away  transgression, 
And  rule  in  equity. 

2  He  comes,  with  succour  i 
To  those  who  suffer  wrong 

To  help  the  poor  and  needy, 

And  bid  the  weak  te  strong; 
To  give  them  song?  for  sighing, — 

Their  darkness  turn  to  light,— 
Whose  souls,  ccndemn'd  and  dying. 

Were  precious  in  his  sight. 

3  He  shall  descend  like  showers 
Upon  the  fruitful  earth, 

And  love  and  joy,  like  flowers, 

Spring  in  his  path  to  birth  : 
Before  him,  on  the  mountains, 

Shall  peace,  the  herald,  go, 
And  righteousness,  in  fountains, 

From  hill  to  valley  flow. 


82  INCARNATION  OF  JESUS  CHE  1ST. 

4  To  him  sliall  prayer  unceasing, 

And  daily  vows  ascend  ; 
His  kingdom  still  increasing, — 

A  kingdom  without  end  : 
The  tide  of  time  shall  never 

His  covenant  remove ; 
His  name  shall  stand  forever; 

That  name  to  us  is  Love. 


127  10th  P.  M.  8  lines  8s. 

Reigning  in  Hi)  kingdom  of  grace. 

ALL  glory  to  God  in  the  sky, 
And  peace  upon  earth  be  restored ; 
O  Jesus,  exalted  on  high, 

Appear,  our  omnipotent  Lord  ; 
Who,  meanly  in  Bethlehem  born, 

Didst  stoop  to  redeem  a  lost  race : 
Once  more  t"  thv  creatures  return, 
And  reign  in  thy  kingdom  of  grace. 

5  O  tronldst  thou  again  be  made  knowD, — 

Again  in  thy  Spirit  descend ; 
And  set  up,  in  each  of  thine  own, 

A  kingdom  that  never  shall  end! 
Thou  <nly  art  able  to  bless, 

And  make  the  gl^l  nations  obey, 
And  bid  the  dire  enmity  cense, 

And  bow  the  whole  world  to  thy  sway. 

3  0,  come  to  thy  servants  nirr.in 

Who  long  thine  appearing"  to  know; 
Thy  quiet  and  peaceable  reign 

In  mercy  establish  below : 
All  p.orrow  before  thee  shall  fly. 

And  anger  and  hatred  b 
And  envy  and  malice  shall  die. 

And  discord  afflict  us  no  mora. 


THE  SUFFERINGS  AM)  DEATH 
OE  JESES  CHRIST. 


128  c.  m. 

God  manifested  in  the  flesh. 
TTTTTH  glorious  clouds  encompass:d  round, 
\  V    Whom  angels  dimly  see, 
Will  the  Unsearchable  be  found, 
Or  God  appear  to  me? 

2  Will  he  forsake  his  throne  above,-- 
Himself  to  worms  impart  ? 

Answer,  thou  Man  of  grief  and  love, 
And  speak  it  to  my  heart. 

3  In  manifested  love  explain 
Thy  wonderful  design; 

What  meant  the  suff'ring  Son  of  man, — 
The  streaming  blood  divine  \ 

4  Didst  thou  net  in  our  flesh  appear, 
And  live  and  die  below, 

That  I  might  now  perceive  thee  near, 
And  my  Redeemer  know? — 

5  Might  view  the  Lamb  in  his  own  light, 
Whom  angels  dimly  see  ; 

And  gaze,  transported  at  the  sight, 
To  all  eterniLy  i 

129  c.  m. 

The  incarnate  God. 


Enlarge  our  hearts,  unloose  our  tongues, 
To  praise  the  Saviour's  name. 

2  How  great  the  riches  of  his  grace  1 
He  left  his  throne  above, 

And,  swift  to  save,  our  ruin'd  race, 
He  fiew  on  wings  of  love. 


84        SUFFERINGS   AND   DEATH 

3  Now  pardon,  life,  and  joys  divine, 
In  rich  abundance  flew" 

For  guilty  rebels,  dead  in  sin, 
And  doein'd  to  endless  wo. 

4  The'  almighty  Former  of  the  skies 
Stoop'd  to  our  low  abode; 

While  angels  view'd  with  wond'ring  eyes, 
And  hail'd  the'  incarnate  God. 

5  Renew  our  souls  with  heavenly  strength, 
That  we  may  rally  prove 

The  height,  and  depth,  and  breadth,  and  length 
01' such  transcendent  love. 

130  c.  >i. 

II's  humiliat 

AND  did  the  TI-.ly  and  the  Just,— 
The  Sov'reign  of  the  shies, — 
Stoop  down  to  wretchedness  and  dust, 
That  guilty  man  might  rise! 

2  Yes,  the  Redeemer  left  his  throne, 

His  radiant  throne  on  high— 
Surprising  mercy!  love  unknown! — 

To  suffer,  bleed,  and  die. 

I  To  dwell  with  mis'ry  here  below, 

The  Saviour  left  the  skies, 
JLad  sunk  to  wretchedness  and  wo, 
That  worthless  man  might  rise. 

i  He  took  the  dying  traitor's  place, 

F  Irons  grace  !— 

For  sinful  man  1 

5  O  Lord,  what  heavenly  wonders  dwell 

In  thine  i 
By  this  are  .  ad  From  hell, 

'And  rebels  brought  to  I 


OF   JESUS   CHRIST.  85 

131  c.  M. 

Hia  amazing  loos. 

PLUXGED  in  a  gulf  of  dark  despair, 
We  wretched  sinners  lay, 
Without  one  cheering  beam  of  hope, 
Or  spark  of  glimm'ring  day. 

2  With  pitying  eyes  the  Prince  of  peace 
Beheld  our  helpless  grief: 

He  saw,  and  (0,  amazing  love !) 
He  flew  to  our  relief. 

3  Down  from  the  shining'  seats  above, 
With  .joyful  haste  he  fled  ; 

Enter'd  the  grave  in  mortal  flesh, 
And  dwelt  among  the  dead. 

4  O  for  this  love  let  rocks  and  hills 
Their  lasting  silence  break  ; 

And  all  harmonious  human  tongues, 
The  Saviour's  praises  speak. 

5  Angels,  assist  our  mighty  joys ; 
Strike  all  your  harps  of  gold* ; 

But  when  you  raise  your  highest  note3, 
His  love  can  ne'er" be  told. 

132  s.  U. 

Our  ransom  paid. 

OUR  sins  on  Christ  were  laid, 
He  bore  the  mighty  load; 
Our  ransom-price  he  fully  paid 
In  groans,  and  tears,  and  blood. 

2  To  save  a  world,  he  dies ; 
Sinners,  behold  the  Lamb ! 

To  him  lift  up  your  longing  eyes ; 
Seek  mercy  in  his  name. 

3  Pardon  and  peace  abound; 
He  will  your  sins  forgive  ; 

Salvation  in  his  name  is  found, 

He  bids  the  sinner  live. 


86       SUFFERINGS  AKD  DEATH 

4  Jesus,  we  look  to  thee ; — 

Where  else  cnn  sinnere 
Thy  boundless  lore  shaii  set  us  free 

From  wretchedness  and  wo. 

133  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
Zone  divine. 

OLOVE  divine,  what  hast  thou  done ! 
The'  incarnate  God  hath  died  for  me  1 
The  Father's  co-eternal  Son, 

Bore  all  my  sins  upon  the  tree! 
The  Son  of  God  for  me  hath  died: 
My  Lord,  my  Love,  is  crucified. 

2  Behold  him,  all  ye  that  pass  by, — 
The  bleeding  Prince  of  lite  and  peace ! 

Ccme  see,  ye  worms,  your  Saviour  die, 

And  say,  was  ever  grief  tike  Lis! 
Come,  feel  with  me  his  blond  applied  : 
My  Lord,  my  Love,  is  crucified : — 

3  Is  crucified  for  me  and  yon, 

To  bring  us  rebels  back  to  God  : 
Belk-ve,  believe  the  record  true,— 

Ye  all  are  bought  with  Jesus'  blood: 
Pardon  for  all  flows  from  his  side: 
My  Lord,  my  Love,  is  crucified. 

4  Then  let  us  sit  beneath  his  cross, 
And  gladly  catch  the  healing  stream ; 

AH  things  for  him  account  but  I 

And  give  up  all  our  hearts  to  him  : 
Of  nothing  think  or  Bpeak  beside, — 
My  Lord,  my  Love,  is  crucified. 

134  c  m- 

He  dud  for  thee. 

BEHOLD  the  Saviour  of  mankind 
Nail'd  to  the  Bhameful  tiee; 
How  vast  the  love  that  him  inclined 
To  bleed  and  die  for  thee! 


OF  JESUS  CHRIST.  87 

2  Hark!  how  lie  groans,  while  nature  shakes, 
And  earth's  strong  pillars  bend  : 

The  temple's  veil  in  sunder  breaks, — 
The  solid  marbles  rend. 

3  !Tis  done !  the  precious  ransom  's  paid ! 
Receive  my  soul  !  he  cries  : 

See  where  he  bows  his  sacred  head; 
He  bows  his  head,  and  dies. 

4  But  soon  he  'il  break  death's  envious  chain, 
And  in  full  glory  shine  : 

O  Lamb  of  God,  was  ever  pain, 
Was  ever  love,  like  thine? 

135  l.  m. 

The  hidings  of  the  Father's  face. 

T7ROM  Calvary  a  cry  was  heard,— 

X'    A  bitter  and  heart-rending  cry; 

My  Saviour!  every  mournful  word 

Bespeaks  thy  soul's  deep  agony. 

2  A  horror  of  great  darkness  fell 
On  thee,  thou  spotless,  holy  One  ! 

And  all  the  swarming  hosts  of  hell 
Conspired  to  tempt  God's  only  Son. 

3  The  scourge,  the  thorns,  the  deep  disgrace, — 
These  thou  couldst  bear,  nor  once  repine ; 

But  when  Jehovah  veil'd  his  face, 
Unutterable  pangs  were  thine. 

4  Let  the  dumb  world  its  silence  break ; 
Lst  pealing  anthems  rend  the  sky ; 

Awake,  my  sluggish  soul,  awake ! 
He  died,  that  we  might  never  die. 

5  Lord !  on  thy  cross  I  fix  mine  eye  : 
If  e'er  I  losa  its  strong  control, 

O,  let  that  dying,  piercing  cry. 
Melt  and  reclaim  my  wand'iing  soul. 


88       SUFFERINGS  AND  DEATH 

130  C-  * 

TAe  crucifixion. 

FROM  whence  these  di-eful  omens  round, 
Which  heaven  and  earth  amaze ! 
And  why  d     earthquakes  cleave  the  ground! 
Why  hides  the  sua  his  rays? 

2  Well  may  the  earth,  astonish'd,  shake, 
And  nature  sympathize, — 

The  sun,  as  darkest  night,  be  black; 
Their  Maker,  Jesus,  dies! 

3  Behold,  fast  streaming  from  the  tree, 
His  all-atoning 

Is  this  the  Inmate?  'tis  he,— 
My  Saviour  and  my  God. 

4  For  me  these  pangs  his  soul  assail; 
For  me  this  death  is  borne; 

My  sins  gave  sharpness  to  the  nail, 
And  pointed  every  thorn. 

5  Let  sin  no  more  my  son]  enslave ; 

Lord,  its  tyrant  chain; 
we,  whom  thou  cam'st  to  save, 
Nor  bleed  nor  die  in  vain. 

137  L-  M- 

Expiring  on  (he  cross. 
T?XTENDF.D  on  a  cursed  tree, 
Hj  Cover'd  with  dust,  and  sweat,  and  blood, 
See  there,  the  King  of  glory  see ! 
Sinks  and  expires  the  Son  of  God. 

2  Who,  who,  my  Saviour,  this  hath  done! 
Who  could  thy  sacred  body  wound! 

No  guilt  thv  spotless  heart  hath  known,— 
No  guile  hath  in  thy  lips  been  found. 

3  I,  I  alone  have  done  the  deed  ; 
'Tis  I  thy  sacred  flesh  have  torn  ; 

JIv  sins  have  caused  thee.   I 

Pointed  the  nail,  and  fiVd  the  thorn. 


OF  JESUS  CHRIST.  89 

4  For  me  the  burden  to  sustain 

Too  great,  on  thee,  my  Lord,  was  laid : 
To  heal  me,  thou  hast  borne  the  pain ; 
To  bless  me,  thou  a  curse  wast  made. 

5  My  Saviour,  how  shall  I  proclaim, 
How  pay,  the  mighty  debt  I  owe  ? 

Let  all  I  have,  and  all!  am, 
Ceaseless,  to  all,  thy  glory  show. 

6  Still  let  thy  tears,  thy  groans,  thy  sighs, 
O'erflow  my  eyes,  and  heave  my  breast, 

Till,  loosed  from  flesh  and  earth,  I  rise, 
And  ever  in  thy  bosom  rest. 

138  s.  m. 

The  water  and  the  blood. 

THIS,  this  is  He  that  came, 
By  water  and  by  blood ; 
Jesus"  is  our  atoning  Lamb, — 
Our  sanctifying  God. 

2  See  from  his  wounded  side 
The  mingled  current  flow ; 

The  water  and  the  blood  applied 
Shall  wash  us  white  as  snow. 

3  The  water  cannot  cleanse, 
Before  the  blood  we  feel, 

To  purge  the  guilt  of  all  our  sins, 
And  our  forgiveness  seal. 

4  But  both  in  Jesus  j 

Who  speaks  our  slus  Forgiven, 
And  gives  the  purity  divine 
That  makes  us  meet  for  heaven. 

139  L.  M. 

The  fountain  gushing  from  HU  side. 
VE  that  pass  by,  behold  the  Man—      ' 
1    The  Man  r.f  .'r'eis — eondemn-d  for  you; 
The  Lamb  of  G-xl,  for  sinners  slain, 
Weeping  to  Calvary  pursue. 


00       SUFFERINGS  AXD  DEATH 

2  To  us  our  rv  '■  e, — 
Away  witli  hi     -  .  cry:) 

Away  with  him,  not  fit  to  live, — 
The  vile  seducer  crucify! 

3  His  sacred  limbs  they  stretch,  they  tear; 
With  nails  they  fasten  to  the  v 

His  sacred  limbs,'  exposed  and  hare, 
Or  only  cover'd  with  his  blood. 

4  Behold  his  temples,  crown'd  with  thorn; 
His  bleeding:  hands,  extended  wide ; 

His  streaming  feet,  transfix'd  and  tern; 
The  fountain  gushing  from  his  side ! 

5  O  thou  dear  suff'ring  Son  of  God, 
How  doth  thy  heart  to  sinners  move ; 

Sprinkle  on  us  thy  precious  blood, 
And  melt  us  with  thy  dying  love. 


140  lift  P.  M.  76,  76,  7T,  76. 

The  mystery  of  the  cross. 

("10D  of  unexampled  grace, 
J  Redeemer  of  mankind, 
Matter  of  eternal  praise 

We  in  thy  passion  find  : 
Still  our  ch  ici-st  strains  we  bring; 
Still  the  j.yful  theme  pursue; 
Friend  of  shiners  sing, 
Whose  love  is  ever  new. 

2  Endless  scenes  of  wonder  rise, 

With  that  mysterious  tree, — 
Crucified  before"  Mir  eyes, 

Where  we  tlie  Saviour  see ; 
Jesus,  Lord,  what  hast  "thou  done! 

Publish  we  the  death  divine; 
Stop,  and  gaze,  and  fall,  and  own 

Was  never  love  like  thine  1 


OF  JESUS  CHRIST.  91 

3  Tfevei  love  nor  sorrow  was 

Like  that  mv  Jesus  show'd ; 
See  him  stretch'd  on  vonder  cross, 

And  crush'd  beneath  our  load ! 
Now  discern  the  Deity; 

Now  his  heavenly  birth  declare  ; 
Faith  cries  out,— 'fis  He,— 'tis  He,— 

My  God  that  suffers  there  ! 


141  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  3a. 

Sis  universal,  everlasting  love. 

WOULD  Jesus  have  the  sinner  die! 
Why  hangs  he  then  on  yonder  treet 
"What  means  that  strange  expiring  cry  2 

(Sinners,  he  pravs  for  you  and  me ;) 
Forgive  them,  Father,  O* forgive! 
They  know  not  that  by  me  they  live. 

2  Jesus,  descended  from  above, 
Our  loss  of  Eden  to  retrieve, 

Great  God  of  universal  love, 

If  all  the  world  through  thee  may  live, 
In  us  a  quick'ning  spirit  be, 
And  witness  thou  hast  died  for  me. 

3  Thou  loving,  all-ator.ing  Larnb,— 
Thee,  by  thy  painful  agony, 

Thy  bloody  sweat,  thy  grief  "and  shame, 

Thy  cross  and  passion  on  the  tree, 
Thy  precious  death  and  life — I  pray, 
Take  all,  take  all  my  sins  away. 

4  O  let  thy  love  my  heart  constrain, — 
Thy  love,  for  every  sinner  free, — 

That  every  fallen  son  of  man 

May  taste  the  grace  that  found  out  me; 
That  all  mankind  -with  me  may  prove 
Thy  sov'reign,  everlasting  love. 


92       SUFFERINGS  AND  DEATH 

142  8"1  r-  M.  87,  87,  47. 

It  is  finished. 

HARK !  the  voice  of  love  and  mercy 
Sounds  aloud  from  Calvary; 
See !  it  rends  the  rocks  asunder, 
Shakes  the  earth,  and  veils  the  sky; 

It  is  finish 'd  : — ■ 
Hear  the  dying  Saviour  cry. 

2  It  is  finish "d  !     O  what  pleasure 
Do  these  precious  words  afford! 

Heavenly  blessings,  without  measure, 
Flow  to  us  from  Christ  the  Lord  ■ 

It  is  finish'd  : — 
Saints,  the  dying  words  record. 

3  Tune  your  harps  anew,  ye  seraphs; 
Join  to  sing  the  pleasing  theme ; 

All  on  earth,  and  all  in  heaven, 
Join  to  praise  Immanuers  name  ; 

It  is  finish'd  : — 
Glory  to  the  bleeding  Lamb. 

-143  L.  M. 

His  dying  cry. 

TIS  finish^! !  so  the  Saviour  said, 
And  meekly  bow'd  his  dying  head: 
Tis  finish'd!  yes,  the  race 
The  battle  fought;  the  sict'ry  won. 
2  'Tis  finish'd!  let  the  joyful  sound 
B-  heai  ill',  around : 

'Tis  finish'd!  let  the  echo  fly 

i  heaven  and  hell,  through  earth  and  sky. 

144  L.  M. 

The  atonement  completed. 
?rpis  finishM!  the  Messiah  .;!es,— 

1    Cut  off  for  sins,  but  not  uis  own; 
AcconiplbhM  ir  the  sacrifice, — 

The  great  redeeming  work  is  done. 


OF  JESUS  CHRIST.  03 

2  'Tis  finish'd!  all  the  debt  i3  paid; 
.lustice  divine  is  satisfied  : 

The  grand  and  :  .         ''ir.de; 

Christ  for  a  guilty  world  Lath  died. 

3  The  veil  is  rent ;  in  him  alone 
The  living  way  to  heaven  is  seen ; 

The  middle  wall  is  broken  down, 
And  all  mankind  may  enter  in. 

4  The  types  and  figures  are  fulfill'd ; 
Exacted  is  the  legal  pain ; 

The  precious  promises  are  seal'd ; 
The  spotless  Lamb  of  God  is  slain. 

5  Death,  hell,  and  sin  are  now  subdued; 
All  grace  is  now  to  sinners  given ; 

And,  lo!  I  plead  the'  atoning 
And  in  thy  right  I  claim  my  heaven. 

145  L.  M. 

Glorying  only  in  the  cross. 
TTTHEN"  I  survey  the  wondrous  cross 
>V    On  which  the  Prince  of  glory  died,. 
My  richest  gain  I  count  but  loss, 
And  pour  contempt  on  all  my  pride. 

2  Forbid  it,  Lord,  that  I  should  boast, 
Save  in  the  death  of  Christ,  ray  God; 

All  the  vain  things  that  charm  me  most, 
I  sacrifice  them  to  his  blood. 

3  See,  from  his  he«i,  his  hands,  his  feet, 
Sorrow  and  love  flow  mingled  down: 

Did  e'er  such  love  and  sorrow  meet, 
Of  thorns  compose  so  rich  a  crown? 

4  Were  the  whole  realm  of  nature  mine, 
That  were  a  present  far  too  small ; 

Love  so  amazing,  so  divine, 
Demands  my  soul,  my  life,  my  all. 


94  DEATH  OF   CHRIST. 

146  c-  >r- 

Godly  sorrow  at  the  crr,?s. 

ALAS!  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed! 
And  did  my  Sov'reign  die  ? 
Would  he  devote  that  sacred  head 

For  such  a  worm  as  I! 
2  Was  it  for  crimes  that  I  have  done, 

He  grean'd  upon  the  tree? 
Amazing'  pity!  grace  unknown! 

And  love  beyond  degree '. 
S  Well  might  the  sun  in  darkness  hide, 

And  shut  his  glories  in, 
When  Christ,  the  mighty  Maker,  died, 

For  man,  the  creature's  sin. 

4  Thus  might  I  hide  my  blushing  face 
While  hfs  dear  cross  appears ; 

Dissolve  my  heart  in  thankfulness, 
And  melt  mine  eyes  to  tears. 

5  But  drops  of  grief  can  ne'er  repay 
The  debt  of  love  I  owe  : 

Here,  Lord.  I  give  myself  away,— 
'lis  all  that  I  can  do. 

147  c- M' 

Glory  to  the  dying  Lamb. 

ALL  glory  to  the  dying  Lamb, 
And  never-o 
While  angels  live  to  know  thy  name, 
Or  men  to  feel  thy  gjjace. 

2  With  this  cold  stony  heart  of  mine, 
Jesus,  to  thee  l  flee ; 

And  to  thy  grace  my  soul  resign, 
To  be  renew'd  by  thee. 

3  O  may  the  uneomipted  seed 
Abide"  and  roisrn  within; 

And  thy  life-giving  word  forbid 
My  new-born  soul  to  sin. 


EESERRECTIOX  AXD  ASCEX3I03 
OP  JESUS  CHRIST. 


148  l.  M. 

D'_irtff,  rising,  reigning. 
TTE  dies  !  the  Friend  of  sinners  dies  ! 
11  Lo!  Salem's  daughters  weep  around; 
A  solemn  darkness  veils  the  skies, 

A  sudden  trembling  shakes  the  ground : 
Come,  saints,  and  drop  a  tear  or  two 

For  him  who  groan'd  beneath  your  load  ; 
He  shed  a  thousand  drops  for  you, — 

A  thousand  drops  of  richer  blood. 

2  Here's  love  and  grief  beyond  degree' : 
The  Lord  of  glory  dies  for  man ! 

But  lo !  what  sudden  joys  we  see  : 

Jesus,  the  dead,  revives  again. 
The  rising  God  forsakes  the  tomb ; 

(In  vain  the  tomb  forbids  his  rise ;) 
Cherubic  legions  guard  him  home, 

And  shout  him  welcome  to  the  skies. 

3  Break  off  your  tears,  ye  saints,  and  t6H 
How  high  your  great  Deliv'rer  reigns  ; 

Sing  how  he  spcil'd  the  hosts  of  hell, 
And  led  the  monster  death  in  chains : 

Say,  Live  forever,  wondrous  King! 
Born  to  redeem,  and  strong  to  save ; 

Then  ask  the  monster,  Where  's  thy  sting? 
And,  Where  's  thy  yict'ry,  boasting  grave? 

1 1^  C.  M. 

Easter  Sunday. 

THE  Lord  of  Sabbath  let  us  praise, 
In  concert  with  the  blest, 
Who,  .joyful  in  harmonious  lays, 
Employ  an  endless  rest. 


9G    RESURRECTION  AND  ASCENSIOH 

2  Thus,  Lord,  while  we  remember  thee, 

We  blest  mid  pious  gTovr ; 
Lfy  hymns  of  praise  we  learn  to  be 

Triumphant  here  below. 
S  On  this  glad  day  a  brighter  scene 

Of  glory  was  display'd, 
By  trie  eternal  Word,  than  when 

"This  universe  was  made. 
4.  He  rises,  who  mankind  has  bought, 

With  grief  and  pain  extreme  : 
Twas  great  to  speak  the  world  from  naugfct; 

'Twas  greater  to  redeem. 

150  c-  *• 

Paradise  opened. 

THE  Sun  of  righteousness  appears, 
To  set  in  blood  no  more ; 
Adore  the  Scatt'rer  of  your  fears, — 

Your  rising  Sun  adore. 
0  The  saints,  when  he  resign'd  his  bror.tt, 

i  their  sleeping  "»yesj 
lie  breaks  again  the  bands  of  death, — 
Ag.riin  the  dead  arise. 

the  dreadful  race  he  ran  — 
Alone  the  wine-press  trod; 
He  dies  and  suffers  as  a  man,— 

He  rises  as  a  God. 
4  In  vain  the  stone,  the  watch,  the 

Forbid  an  early  rise 
To  Him,  who  breaks  the  gates  of  hell, 
And  opens  ParaJI.se. 

fi51  s  «■ 

Joy  from  the  certainty  of  We  resurr(cti"». 

THE  Lord  is  risen  indeed ; 
The  grave  hath  lost  its  prey; 
With  him  shall  rise  the  ransom 'd  seed, 
To  reign  in  endless  day. 


OF   JESUS  CHRIST.  9? 

2  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed  ; 
He  lives,  to  die  no  more  ; 

He  lives,  his  people's  cause  to  plead, 
AVhose  curse  and  shame  he  bore. 

3  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed; 
Attending  angels,  hear ; 

Up  to  the  courts  of  heaven,  -with  speed. 
The  joyful  tidings  bear  : — 

4  Then  take  your  golden  lyres, 
And  strike  each  cheerful  chord ; 

Join,  all  ye  bright  celestial  choirs, 
To  sing  our  risen  Lord. 

152  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  Is. 

If  we  suffer  with  Him,  we  shall  reign  with  Sim. 

CHRIST,  the  Lord,  is  risen  to-day, 
Sons  ct  men  and  angels  say : 
Raise  your  joys  and  triumphs  high ; 
Sing,  ye  heavens, — and  earth,  reply. 

2  Love'3  redeeming  work  is  done,— 
Fought  the  fight,  the  battle  won : 
Lo !  the  sun's  eclipse  is  o'er ; 

Lo !  he  sets  in  blood  no  more. 

3  Vain  the  stone,  the  watch,  the  seal,— 
Christ  has  burst  the  gates  of  hell : 
Peath  in  vain  forbids'his  rise ; 

Christ  hath  open'd  Paradise. 

4  Lives  again  our  glorious  King- 
Where,  O  death,  is  now  thy  sting! 
Once  he  died  our  souls  to  save  ; 
"Where's  thy  vict'ry,  boasting  grave! 

5  Soar  we  now  where  Christ  has  led, 
Follow  our  exalted  head ; 

Made  like  him,  like  him  we  rise; 
Ours  the  cross,  the  grave,  the  skies. 

4 


08   RESURRECTION  AND  ASCENSION 

153  33d  P.  M.  66,  66. 

Christ,  the  first-fruits. 

SING  praise !  the  tomb  is  void 
Where  the  Redeemer  lay; 
Sir.g  of  our  bonds  destroy'd, 
Our  darkness  tum'd  to  day. 

2  Weep  for  your  dead  no  more  ; 
Friends,  be  of  joyful  cheer ; 

Our  Star  moves  on  before, 
Our  narrow  path  shinies  clear. 

3  He  who,  so  patiently, 

The  crown  of  thorns  did  wear,— 
He  hath  gone  up  on  high ; 
Our  hope  is  with  him  there. 

4  Now  is  his  truth  reveal'd, 
His  majesty,  and  might; 

The  grave  has  been  unseal'd ; 
Christ  is  our  life  and  light. 

5  He  who  for  men  did  weep ; 
Suffer,  and  bleed,  and  die, — 

First-fruits  of  them  that  sleep, — 
Christ  has  gone  up  on  high. 

6  His  victory  hath  destroy'd 

The  shafts  that  once  could  slay : 
Sing  praise  !  the  tomb  is  void 
Where  the  Redeemer  lay. 

154  L.  M. 

The  King  of  glory. 

OUR  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead ; 
Our  Jesus  is  gone  up  on  high  ; 
The  powers  of  hell  are  captive  led, — 
Drags'd  to  the  portals  of  the  sky: 
There  "his  triumphal  chariot  waits, 

And  angels  chant  the  solemn  L  v  ;— 
Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heavenly  gates; 
Ye  everlasting  doors,  give  way ! 


OF  JESUS   CHRIST.  99 

2  Loose  all  your  bars  of  massy  light, 

Ami  wide  unfold  tlie'  ethereal  scene ; 
He  claims  these  mansions  as  his  right; 

Receive  the  King  of  glory  in  ! 
Who  is  the  King  of  glory  %    Who  ! 

The  Lord,  that  all  our  foes  o'ercame  \— 
The  world,  sin,  death,  and  hell  o'erthrew;— 

And  Jesus  is  the  Cocqu'ror's  name. 

S  Lo !  his  triumphal  chariot  waits, 

And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay ; 
Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heavenly  g'ates ; 

Ye  everlasting  doors,  give  way! 
Who  is  the  King  of  glory?     Who? 

The  Lord,  of  glorious  power  possessed,-— 
The  King  of  saints  and  angels  too ; — 

God  over  all,  forever  blest ! 

155  28th  P.  M.  10s,  lis,  &  12. 

The  voice  of  triumph. 

LIFT  your  glad  voices  in  triumph  on  high. 
For  Jesus  hath  risen,  and  man  shall  not  die ; 
Vain  were  the  terrors  that  gather'd  around  him, 
And  short  the  dominion  of  death  and  the  grave  ; 
He  burst  from  the  fetters  of  darkness  that  bound 
him. 
Resplendent  in  glory,  to  live  and  to  save  : 
Loud  was  the  chorus  of  angels  on  high, — ■ 
The  Saviour  hath  risen,  and  man  shall  not  die. 

2  Glory  to  God,  in  full  anthems  of  joy; 
The  being  he  gave  us  death  cannot  destroy : 

Sad  were  the  life  we  may  part  with  to-morrow, 
If  tears  were  our  birthright,  and  death  were 
our  end  ; 

But  Jesus  hath  cheer'd  the  dark  valley  of  sorrow, 
And  bade  us,  immortal,  to  heaven  ascend : 
Lift  then  your  voices  in  triumph  on  high, 
For  Jesus"hath  risen,  and  man  shall  not  die. 


100   RESURRECTION  AND  ASCENSION 

15(5  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

da>,. 


HAIL  the  day  that  sees  Him  rise, 
Ravish'd  from  our  wishful  eyes! 
Christ,  awhile  to  mortals  given, 
Reasceuds  his  native  heaven. 

2  There  the  pompous  triumph  waits : 
Lift  your  heads,  eternal  gates; 
V.'ide  unfold  the  radiant  scene; 
Take  the  King  of  glory  in. 

3  Circled  round  with  angel  powera, 
Their  triumphant  Lord  and  ours, 
Conqu'ror  over  death  and  sin, — 
Take  the  King  of  glory  in. 

4  Him  though  highest  heaven  receives, 
Still  he  loves  the  earth  he  leaves; 
Though  returning  to  his  throne, 

Still  lie  calls  mankind  his  own. 

5  See,  he  lifts  his  hands  above ! 
See,  he  shows  the  prints  of  love ! 
Hark,  his  gracious  lips  bestow 
Blessings  on  his  Chmch  below  ! 

X57  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  f 

Glory  to  glory's  King. 

("10D  is  gone  up  on  high, 
7  With  a  triumphant  noise, — 

The  clarions  of  the  sky 
Proclaim  the'  angelfc  joys  : 
Join  all  on  earth,  rejoice  and  sing; 
Glory  ascribe  to  glory's  King. 
2  All  power  to  our  great  Lord 

Is  by  the  Father  given; 
By  angel  hosts  adored, 
-      "He  nigns  supreme  in  heaven  : 
Join  all  on  earth,  rejoice  and  sing; 
Glory  ascribe  to  glory's  King. 


OF  JESrS  CHRIST.  101 

3  High  on  his  holy  seat, 

He  bears  the  righteous  sway ; 
His  foes  beneath  his  feet 

Shall  sink  and  die  away : 
Join  all  on  earth,  rejoice  and  sing; 
Glory  ascribe  to  glory's  King. 

4  Till  all  the  earth,  renew'd 
In  righteousness  divine, 

-    With  all  the  hosts  of  God, 
In  one  great  chorus  join, 
Join  all  on  earth,  rejoice  and  sing ; 
Glory  ascribe  to  glory's  King. 


IS  PRIESTHOOD  AXD  DsTEECESSIO^. 
158  c.  m. 

King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of  lords. 

THE  head  that  once  was  crown'd  with  thoms, 
Is  crown'd  with  glory  now ; 
A  royal  diadem  adorns 
The  mighty  Victor's  hrow. 

2  The  highest  place  that  heaven  affords, 
Is  to  our  Jesus  given ; 

The  King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of  lords, 
He  reigns  o'er  earth  and  heaven — 

3  The  joy  of  all  who  dwell  above, 
The  joy  of  all  below, 

To  whom  he  manifests  his  love, 
And  grants  his  Xame  to  know. 

4  To  them  the  cress,  with  all  its  shame, 
With  all  its  grace,  is  given  ; 

Their  name — an  everlasting  name, 
Their  joy — the  joy  of  heaven. 

5  They  suffer  with  their.  Lord  below,— 
They  reign  with  him  above ; 

Their  everlasting  joy  to  know 
The  rnyst'ry  of  his  love. 


102  PRIESTHOOD  AND  INTERCESSION 

159  l  m. 

H'ts  supreme  Divinity. 

THE  day  of  Christ,  the  day  of  God, 
We  humbly  hope  with  joy  to  see,— 
Wash'd  in  the  sanctifying  blood 
Of  an  incarnate  Deity— 

2  Who  did  for  us  his  life  resign : 
There  is  no  other  God  but  one ; 

For  all  the  plenitude  Divine 
Resides  in  the  eternal  Son. 

3  Spotless,  sincere,  without  offence, 
O  may  we  to  his  day  remain, 

Who  trust  the  blood  of  Christ  to  cleanse 
Our  souls  from  every  sinful  stain. 

4  Lord,  we  believe  the  promise  sure ; 
The  purchased  Comforter  impart; 

Apply  thy  blood  to  make  us  pure,— 
To'keep  us  pure  in  life  and  heart. 

5  Then  let  us  see  that  day  supreme, 
Winn  none  thy  Godhead  shall  deny,— 

Thy  sovereign  majesty  blaspheme, — 
Or  count  thee  less  than  the  Most  High : 

6  When  all  who  on  their  God  believe, — 
Who  here  thy  last  appearing  love, — 

Shall  thy  consummate  joy  receive, 
And  see  thy  glorious  face  above.     . 

1GO  c-  M- 

7.'.  igning,  and  interceding  for  sinnert. 

SEE  Jesus  rising  from  the  grave; 
Behold  him  raised  on  high, 
He  pleads  his  merits  there,  to  save 

Transgressors  doom'd  to  die. 
2  TL  re,  on  a  glorious  throne,  he  reigns; 

And,  by  his  power  divine, 
Redeems  us  from  the  slavish  chains 
Of  Satan  and  of  Bin. 


OF  JESUS  CHRIST.  103 

S  Thus  saved,  may  we  with  joy  appear 

In  heaven  before  his  face : 
And,  with  the  blest  assembly  there, 

Sing  bis  redeeming  grace. 

161  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

Messiah,  the  Saviour  and  the  Judge, 
"l\p:SSIAH,  joy  of  every  heart, 
1>1  Thou,  thou  the  King  of  glory  art, 
The  Father's  everlasting  Son  : 
Thee  it  delights  thy  Church  to  own; 
For  all  our  hopes  on  thee  depend, 
Whose  glorious  mercies  never  end. 

2  When  thou  hadst  render'd  up  thy  breath, 
And,  dying,  drawn  the  sting  ot  death, 
Thou  didst  from  earth  triumphant  rise, 
And  ope  the  portals  of  the  skies ; 

That  all  who  trust  in  thee  alone, 
Slight  follow,  and  partake  thy  throne. 

3  Seated  at  God's  right  hand  again, 
Thou  dost  in  all  his  glory  reign ; 
Thou  dost,  thy  Father's  image,  shine 
In  all  the  attributes  divine ; 

And  thou  with  judgment  clad  shalt  come, 
To  seal  our  ev« 


4  Wherefore  we  now  for  mercy  pray ; 
O  Saviour,  take  our  sins  away  : 
Before  thou  as  our  Judge  appear, 
In  dreadful  majesty  severe, 
Appear  our  Advocate  with  God. 
And  save  the  purchase  of  thy  blood. 

162  L.  M. 

The  great  Anti-type. 
THOU  whose  off'ring  on  the  tree 
The  legal  off'rings  all  foreshow'd, 
Borrow'd  their  whole  effect  from  thee, 
And  drew  their  virtue  from  thy  blood :-* 


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104  PRIESTHOOD  AND  INTERCESSION 

2  The  blood  of  goats  and  bullocks  slain, 
Conld  never  for  one  sin  atone ; 

To  purge  the  guilty  off 'rer's  stain, 
Thine  was  the  work,  and  thine  alone. 

3  These  feeble  tvpes  and  shadows  old, 
Are  all  in  thee,  the  Truth,  fuMll'd  : 

We  in  thy  sacrifice  behold 
The  substance  of  those  rites  reveal'd. 

4  Thy  meritorious  suff'rings  past, 

We  see  by  faith  to  us  brought  back ; 
And,  on  thy  grand  oblation  cast, 
Its  saving  benefits  partake. 

163  c.  m. 

His  sympathizing  love. 

WITH  joy  we  meditate  the  grace 
Of  our  High  Priest  above  ; 
His  heart  is  made  of  tenderness, 
His  bowels  melt  with  love. 

2  Touch'd  with  a  sympathy  within, 
He  knows  our  feeble  frame  ; 

He  knows  what  sore  temptations  mean, 
For  he  hath  felt  the  same. 

3  He,  in  the  days  of  feeble  flesh, 
Pour'd  out  strong  cries  and  tears, 

And  in  his  measure  feels  afresh 
What  every  member  bears. 

4  He  '11  never  quench  the  smoking  flax, 
But  raise  it  to  a  flame ; 

The  bruised  reed  he  never  breaks, 
Nor  scorns  the  meanest  name. 

b  Then  let  our  humble  faith  address 

His  mercy  and  hi->  power; 
We  shall  obtain  delivering  grace 

In  every  trying  hour. 


OF  JESTTS  CHRIST.  10a 

164  S.  M. 

The  Pillar  and  the  Cloud. 

THOU  very  Paschal  Lamb, 
Whose  blood  for  us  was  shed, 
Through  whom  we  out  of  bondage  came, 

Thy  ransom'd  people  lead. 
2  Angel  of  gospel  grace, 

Fulfil  thy  character : 
To  guard  and  feed  the  chosen  race, 

In  Israel's  camp  appear. 
8  Throughout  the  desert  way, 

Conduct  us  by  thy  light ; 
Be  thou  a  cooling  cloud  by  day, 

A  cheering  fire  by  night. 
4  Our  fainting  souls  sustain 

"With  blessings  from  above  ; 
And  ever  on  thy  people  rain 

The  manna  of  thy  love. 

165  L.  M. 

An  Advocate  with  the  Father. 
TESTS,  my  Advocate  above, 
O   My  Friend  before  the  throne  of  love, 
If  now  for  me  prevails  thy  prayer, 
If  now  I  find  thee  pleading  there, — 

2  If  thou  the  secret  wish  convey, 

And  sweetly  prompt  my  heart  to  pray,— 
Hear,  and  my  weak  petitions  join, 
Almighty  Advocate,  to  thine. 

3  Jesus,  my  heart's  desire  obtain ; 
My  earnest  suit  present,  and  gain : 
My  fulness  of  corruption  show ; 
The  knowledge  of  myself  bestow. 

4  Save  me  from  death ;  from  hell  set  free ; 
Death,  hell,  are  but  the  want  of  thee : 
My  life,  my  onlv  heaven  thou  art ; — 

O  might  I  feel  thee  in  my  heart. 


106  PRIESTHOOD  AND  INTERCESSION 

166  s.  m. 

He  ever  livefh  to  make  intercession  for  us. 

LORD,  how  shall  sinners  dare 
Look  up  to  thine  abode  ? 
Or  offer  their  imperfect  prayer, 
Before  a  holy  God  < 

2  Bright  terrors  guard  thy  seat, 
And  glories  veil  thy  face ; 

Yet  mercy  calls  us  to  thy  feet, 
And  to  thy  throne  of  grace. 

3  My  soul,  with  cheerful  eye 

See  where  thy  Saviour  stands, — 
The  glorious  Advocate  on  high, 
With  incense  in  his  hands." 

4  Teach  my  weak  heart,  O  Lord, 
With  faith  to  call  thee  mine ; 

Bid  me  pronounce  the  blissful  word — 
Father — with  joy  divine. 

1Q7  9th  P.  M.  87,  87. 

His  speaking  blood. 

FATHER,  hear  the  blood  of  Jesus, 
Speaking  in  thine  ear3  above  : 
From  impending  vn-ath  release  us ; 
Manifest  thy  pard'ning  love. 

2  O  receive  us  to  thy  favour, — 
For  his  only  sake  receive  ; 

Give  us  to  the  bleeding  Saviour,— 
Let  us  by  his  dying  live. 

3  To  thy  pard'ning  gTaee  receive  them,— 
Once  he  pray'd  upon  the  tree ; 

Still  his  bloodlcriea  out — Forgive  them; 
All  their  sins  were  laid  on  me. 

4  Still  our  Advocate  in  heaven, 
Prays  the  prayer  on  earth  begun,— 

Father,  show  their  sins  forgiven  ; 
Father,  glorify  thy  Son ! 


OF  JESUS  CHRIST.  107 

168  c.  m. 

TU  Way,  tie  Truth,  and  tie  Life. 
ITHOU  art  the  Way :  to  thee  alone, 
X   From  sin  and  death  we  flee  ; 
And  he  who  would  the  Father  seek, 
Must  seek  him,  Lord,  by  thee. 

2  Thou  art  the  Truth  :  thy  word  alone 
True  wisdom  can  impart ; 

Thou  only  canst  inform  the  mind, 
And  purify  the  heart. 

3  Thou  art  the  Life  :  the  rending  tomb 
Proclaims  thy  conqu'ring  arm ; 

And  those  who  put  their  trust  in  thee 
Nor  death  nor  hell  shall  harm* 

4  Thou  art  the  Way— the  Truth— the  Life ; 
Grant  us  that  way  to  know — 

That  truth  to  keep — that  life  to  win — ■ 
Whose  joys  eternal  flow. 

169  s.  m. 

Tie  only  name  given  under  heaven. 
TESUS,  thou  Source  divine, 
«J   Whence  hope  and  comfort  flow, — 
Jesus,  no  other  name  than  thine 
Can  save  from  endless  wo. 

2  None  else  will  heaven  approve  : 
Thou  art  the  only  way, 

Ordain'd  by  everla'stinglove, 
To  realms  of  endless  day. 

3  Here  let  our  feet  abide, 
Nor  from  thy  path  depart: 

Direct  our  sterjs,  tbou  gracious  Guide  I 
And  cheer  the  fainting  heart. 

4  Safe  through  this  world  of  night, 
Lead  to  the  blissful  plains,— 

The  regions  of  unclouded  light,— 
Where  joy  forever  reigns. 


108  PRIESTHOOD  AND  INTERCESSION 

170  C.  M. 

Our  ever-present  Guide. 
TESTIS,  the  Lord  of  glory,  died, 
O   Th.it  we  might  never  die ; 
And  now  he  reigns  supreme,  to  guide 
His  people  to  the  sky. 

2  Weak  though  we  are,  he  still  is  near, 
To  lead,  cousole,  defend  ; 

In  all  our  sorrow,  all  our  fear, 
Our  all-sufficient  Friend. 

3  From  His  high  throne  in  bliss,  he  deigns 
Our  every  prayer  to  heed ; 

Bears  with  our  folly,  soothes  our  pains, 
Supplies  our  every  need. 

4  And  from  his  love's  exhaustless  spring, 
Jovs  like  a  river  come, 


5  O  Jesus,  there  is  none  like  thee, 

Our  Saviour  and  our  Lord ; 
Through  earth  and  heaven  exalted  be, 

Beloved,  obey'd,  adored. 

171  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  Ss. 

Our  great  High  Priest. 

SEE  where  our  great  High  Priest 
Before  the  Lord  appears, 
And  on  his  loving  breast 
The  tribes  of  Israel  bears  : 
Never  without  his  people  seen, 
The  Head  of  all  believing  men, 
2  With  him,  the  Comer-sfone, 

The  lmng  stones  conjoin; 
Christ  and  his  Church  are  one,— 
One  body  and  one  vine ; 
For  us  he  uses  all  his  powers, 
And  all  he  has,  or  is,  is  ours. 


OF  JESUS  CHRIST.  109 

3  The  path  of  Christ  cur  Head 

The  niemlvji-s  nil  pursue, 
By  his  good  Spirit  led 

To  act  and  suffer  too : 
Like  hiin?  the  toil,  the  cross,  sustain, 
Till,  glorious  all,  like  him  we  reign. 

172  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
Sis  everlasting  Pries/hood. 

OTHOU  eternal  Victim,  slain 
_    A  sacrifice  for  guilty  man, 
By  tbe  eternal  Spirit  made 
An  off'ring  in  the  sinner's  stead, — 
Our  everlasting  Priest  art  thou, 
Pleading  thy  death  for  sinners  now. 

2  Thy  off'ring  still  continues  new; 
Thy  vesture  keeps  its  crimson  hue  ; 
Thou  art  the  ever-slaughter'd  Lamb, 
Thy  priesthood  still  remains  the  same; 
Thy  years,  O  Lord,  can  never  fail ; 
Thy  goodness  is  unchangeable. 

3  O  that  our  faith  may  never  move, 
But  stand  unshaken  as  thy  love  : 
Sure  evidence  of  things  unseen, 
Passing  the  years  that  intervene, 
INow  let  it  view  upon  the  tree 

The  Lord,  who  bleeds  and  dies  for  me. 

173  S.  M. 

Intercourse  between  earth  and  7iezven. 
pEDEEMEB,  of  mankind ! 
±1  Who  on  thy  Name  rely, 
A  constant  intercourse  we  "find 

Open'd  Hwixt  earth  and  sky. 
2  Mercy,  and  grace,  and  ueace, 

Descend  through  thee  alone  ; 
And  thou  dost  all  our  services 

Present  before  the  throne. 


1 10  PRIESTHOOD  A^  INTERCESSION 

3  On  lis  the  Father's  love 
Is  for  thy  Bake  bestow'd; 

Thou  art  oim  Advocate  above, 
Thou  art  cur  way  to  God. 

4  Our  way  to  God  we  trace ; 

And,  through  thy  Name  forgiven, 
From  step  to  step,  fri  m  grace  to  grace, 
By  thee  ascend  to  heaven. 

174  L.  M. 

Fulness  and  sufficiency  of  tie  A 

TESTS,  thy  blood  and  righteousness 
My  beauty  are,  my  glorious  d 
iMidst  flaming  w  uray'd, 

Y\*ith  joy  shall  I  lift  up  my  head. 

2  Bold  shall  I  stand  in  thy  great  day, 
For  who  aught  to  my  charge  shall  lay! 
Fully  absolved  through  tht.-e  I  am, — 
From  sin  and  fear,  from  guilt  and  shame. 

3  The  holy,  meek,  unspotted  Lamb, 
"SVho  from'  the  Father's  bosom  came, — 
"Who  died  for  me,  e"en  me  to1  atone, — 
Now  for  my  Lord  and  God  I  own. 

4  Lord,  I  believe  thy  precious  blood,— 
Which,  at  the  mercy-seat  of  I 
Forever  doth  for  sinners  plead,— 

For  me,  e'en  for  my  soul,  was  shed. 

5  Lord,  I  believe  were  sinners  more 
Than  sands  upon  the  ocean  shore, 
TL  u  hast  for  all  a  ransom  paid, 
For  all  a  full  atonement  made. 

175  c.  m. 

Crown  Tfim  lord  cf  all. 

ALL  hail  the  power  of  Jesus'  name  1 
Let  angels  prostrate  fall; 
Bring  forth  the  royal  diadem, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 


OF  JESUS  CHRIST.  Ill 

2  Ye  chosen  seed  of  Israel's  race, 
Ye  ransom'd  from  the  fall, 

Hail  him  who  saves  you  by  his  grace, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

3  Sinners,  whose  love  can  na'er  forget 
The  wormwood  and  the  gall ; 

Go,  spread  your  trophies  at  his  feet, 
-And  crown  him  Lord,  of  all. 

4  Let  every  kindred,  every  tribe, 
On  this  terrestrial  ball, 

To  him  all  majesty  ar-cribe, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

6  O  that  with  yonder  sacred  throng 

We  at  his  feet  may  fall ; 
We  '11  join  the  everlasting  song, 

And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

176  s.  m. 

The  Redeemer  en  his  throne. 

ENTHRONED  is  Jesus  now, 
Upon  his  heavenly  seat ; 
The  kingly  crown  is  on  his  brow, 
The  saints  are  at  his  feet. 

2  In  shining  white  they  stand, — ■ 

A  great  and  countless  throng ; 
A  palmy  sceptre  in  each  hand. 

On  every  Up  a  song. 

§  They  sing  the  Lamb  of  God, 

Once  slain  on  earth  for  them ; 
The  Lamb,  through  whose  atoning  blood 

Each  wears  his  diadem. 

4  Thy  grace,  O  Holy  Ghost, 

Thy  blessed  help  supply, 
That  we  may  join  that  radiant  host, 

Triumphant  in  the  sky. 


I 


112  PRIESTHOOD  AND  INTERCESSION 

177  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  8s. 
Praises  to  our  Prophet,  Priest,  and  Ki,\j. 

JOIN"  all  the  glorious  names 
Of  wisdom,  love,  and  power, 
That  ever  mortals  knew, 
Or  angels  ever  bore  : 
All  are  too  mean  to  speak  hi3  worth,— 
Too  mean  to  Set  the  Saviour  :  . 

2  Great  Prophet  of  our  God, 

Our  tongues  shall  bless  thy  Name ; 
By  thee  the  joyful  r.ews 
'Of  our  salvation  came, — 
The  joyful  news  of  sins  forgiven, 
Of  hell"  subdued,  and  peace  with  heaven. 

3  Jesus,  onr  great  High  Priest, 
Has  shed  his  blood  "and  died; 

The  guilty  conscience  needs 
No  sacrifice  beside  : 
His  precious  blood  did  once  atone, 
And  now  it  pleads  before  the  throne. 

4  O  thou  almighty  Lord, 
Our  Conqueror  and  King, 

Thy  sceptre  and  thy  sword, 

igning  grace,  we  sing: 
Thine  is  the  power;  behold  we  sit 
In  willing  bonds  beneath  thy  feet. 

178  9th  P.  M.  87,  87,  8T,  81. 
Our  Paschal  Lamb. 

HAIL,  thou  once  despised  Jesus  1 
Hail,  th.m  Galilean  King! 
Thou  didst  suffer  to  release  us ; 

Thou  didst  free  salvation  bring. 
Hail,  thou  agonizing  Saviour, 

Bearer  of  our  sin  and  shame  1 
By  thy  merits  we  find  favour; 
Life"  is  given  through  thy  name. 


OF  JESUS  CHRIST.  113 

2  Paschal  Lamb,  by  God  appointed, 
All  our  sins  on  thee  were  laid : 

Bv  almighty  love  anointed, 

Thou  hast  full  atonement  made. 

All  thy  people  are  forgiven, 

Through  the  virtue  of  thy  blood ; 

Open'd  is  the  gate  of  heaven  ; 
,  Peace  is  made  'twixt  man  and  God. 

3  Jesus,  hail !  enthroned  in  glory, 
There  forever,  to  abide ; 

All  the  heavenly  hosts  adore  thee, 

Seated  at  thy  Father's  side  : 
There  for  sinne'rs  thou  art  pleading ; 

There  thou  dost  our  place  prepare : 
Ever  for  us  interceding, 

Till  in  glory  we  appear. 

4  "Worship,  honour,  power,  and  blessing, 
Thou  art  worthy  to  receive ; 

Loudest  praises,  without  ceasing, 

Meet  it  is  for  us  to  give. 
Help,  ye  bright  angelic  spirits  ; 

Bring  your  sweetest,  noblest  lays; 
Help  to  sing  our  Saviour's  merits"; 

Help  to  chant  Immanuel's  praise. 


179 


L.  M. 


Because  Se  livetli  I  shall  live  also. 

I  KNOW  that  my  Redeemer  lives — 
What  joy  the  blest  assurance  gives  ! 
He  lives,  he  lives,  who  once  was  dead; 
He  lives,  my  everlasting  Head! 

2  He  lives,  to  bless  me  with  his  love ; 
He  lives,  to  plead  for  me  above ; 
He  lives,  my  hungry  soul  to  feed 
He  lives,  to'help  In* time  of  need. 


114  PRIESTHOOD  AND  INTERCESSION. 

3  He  lives,  and  grants  me  daily  brealli ; 
He  lives,  and  I  shall  conquer  death; 
He  lives,  my  mansion  to  prepare ; 

He  lives,  to  bring  me  safely  there. 

4  He  lives,  all  glory  to  his  Name ; 
He  lives,  my  Saviour,  still  the  same; 
What  joy  the  blest  assurance  gives, — 
I  know  that  my  Redeemer  lives. 


180  21st  P.  M.  66,  S4,  66,84. 

Imman  uePs  prake. 

PROCLAIM  the  lofty  praise 
Of  Him  who  once  was  slain, 
But  now  is  risen,  through  endless  daya 

To  live  and  reign  : 
He  lives  and  reigns  on  high, 

Who  bought  us  with  his  blood, — 
Enthroned  above  the  farthest  sky, 
Our  Saviour  God. 

2  All  honour,  power,  and  praise, 
To  Jesus'  Name  belong; 

With  hosts  seraphic,  glud  we  raise 

Tho  sacred  song: 
Worthy  the  Lamb,  they  cry, 

That  on  the  cross  was  slain ; 
But  now,  ascended  up  on  high. 

He  lives  to  reign. 

3  He  lives  to  bless  and  save 
The  souls  redeem'd  by  grace, 

Anil  rescue  from  the  dreary  grave 

The  fallen  race; 
And  soon  we  hope,  above, 

A  louder  strain  to  sing, — 
With  all  our  powers  to  praise  and  love 

£ur  Saviour  King. 


THE  HOLT  SPIRIT. 


181  L.  M. 

T7io  promised  Comforter. 

IOB.D,  we  believe  to  us  and  onrs 
1  The  apostolic  promise  given; 
"We  wait  the  pentecostal  powers, — 

The  Holy  Ghost  sent  down  from  heaven. 
2  Assembled  here  with  one  accord, 

Calmly  we  wait  the  promised  grace,— 
The  purchase  of  our  dying  Lord; 

Come,  Holy  Ghost,  and  fill  the  place. 
5  If  every  one  that  asks  may  find, — 

If  stUl  thou  dost  on  sinners  fall, — 
Come  as  a  mighty  rushing  wind ; 

Great  grace  be  now  upon  us  all. 
4  Ah !  leave  ns  not  to  mourn  below, 

Or  long  for  thy  return  to  pine ; 
Now,  Lord,  the  Comforter  bestow, 

And  fix  in  us  the  Guest  divine. 

182  L.  M. 

The  Saviour's  legacy. 
TESUS,  we  on  the  words  depend, 
J   Spoken  by  thee  while  present  here,— 
The  Father  in  my  name  shall  seud 
The  Holy  Ghost,  the  Comforter. 

2  That  promise  made  to  Adam's  race, 
Now,  Lord,  in  us,  we  pray,  fulfil ; 

And  give  the  Spirit  of  thy  grace. 
To  teach  us  all  thy  perfect  will. 

3  That  heavenlv  Teacher  of  mankind, 
That  Guide  infallible,  impart- 
To  bring  thy  sayings  to  our  mind, 

And  write  them  on  each  faithful  heart. 


1IG  THE  HOLY  SPIRIT. 

4  He  only  can  the  -words  apply. 
Through  which  -we  endless  life  possess; 

And  deal  to  each  his  legacy, — 
Our  Lord's  unutterable  peace. 

183  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  83. 

Pleading  the  promise. 

OTHOU  that  hearest  prayer, 
Attend  our  humble  cry;* 

And  let  thy  servants  shave 

Thy  Me.-'tinor  from  on  high  : 
We  plead  the  promise  of  thy  wml  ;— 
Grant  us  thy  Holy  Spirit,  Lord  1 

2  If  earthly  parents  hear 
Their  ch'i'dr.  n  when  they  crv; 

If  they,  with  love  sincere, 

Their  children's  wants  supply; 
Much  more  wilt  thou  thy  lore* display, 
And  answer  when  thy  children  pray. 

3  Our  heavenly  Father,  thou; 
We,  children  of  thy  grace; 

O  let  thy  Spirit  now 

Descend  and  fill  the  place ; 
That  all  may  feel  the  heavenly  flame, 
And  all  unite  to  praise  thy  Name. 

184  c.  m. 

Witnessing  with  our  spirits. 

ETERNAL  Spirit!  Go,\  of  truth! 
Our  contrite  hearts  inspire; 
Kindle  a  flame  of  heavenly  love — 
The  pure  celestial  tire. 

2  'Tis  thine  to  soothe  the  Borrowing, 
With  guilt  and  fear  oppress'd; 

Tis  thine  to  hid  the  dying  live, 
And  give  the  weary  rest. 


THE  HOLY  SPIRIT.  117 

3  Subdue  the  power  of  every  sin, 
Whate'er  that  sin  may  be  ; 

That  we,  in  singleness  of  heart, 
May  worship  only  thee. 

4  Then  with  our  spirits  witness  bear, 
That  we  are  sons  of  God ; 

,Redeem'd  from  sin,  and  death,  and  hell, 
Through  Christ's  atoning  blood. 

185  c- M- 

Source  of  HgJU  and  joy. 

GREAT  Spirit,  by  whose  mighty  power 
All  creatures  live  and  move, 
On  us  thy  benediction  shower; 
Inspire  our  souls  with  love. 

2  Hail,  Source  of  light '.  arise  and  shine ; 
All  gloom  and  doubt  dispel ; 

Give  peace  and  joy,  for  we  are  thine ; 
In  us  forever  dwell. 

3  From  death  to  life  our  spirits  raise, 
And  full  redemption  bring : 

Kew  tongues  impart  to  speak  the  praise 
Of  Christ,  our  God  and  King. 

4  Thine  inward  witness  bear,  unknown 
To  all  the  world  beside  ; 

With  joy  we  then  shall  feel  and  own 
Our  Saviour  glorified. 

186  s.  m. 

The  blessings  of  His  grace. 

BLEST  Comforter  divine. 
Whose  rays  of  heavenly  love 
Amid  our  gloom  and  darkness  shine, 

And  point  our  souls  above  ; — 
2  Thou,  who  with  still  small  voice 

Dost  stop  the  sinner's  way, 
And  bid  the  mourning  saint  rejoice, 
Though  earthly  joya  decay ;— 


118  THE  HOLY  SPIRIT. 

3  Thou,  whose  inspiring  breath 
Can  make  the  cloud  of  care, 

And  e'en  the  gloomy  vale  of  death, 
A  smile  of  glory  wear ; — 

4  Thou,  who  dost  fill  the  heart 
With  love  to  all  our  race, — 

Blest  Comforter !  to  us  impart 
Thine  all-sufficient  grace. 

187  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  la. 
Earnest  of  eternal  rest. 

GRACIOUS  Spirit— Love  divine! 
Let  thy  light  within  me  shine; 
All  my  guilty  fears  remove  ; 
Fill  me  with"  thy  heavenly  love. 

2  Speak  thy  pard'ning  grace  to  me ; 
Set  the  burden'd  sinner  free ; 

Lead  me  to  the  Lamb  of  God ; 
Wash  me  in  his  precious  blood. 

3  Life  and  peace  to  me  impart; 
Sea]  salvation  on  my  heart; 
Breathe  thyself  into  my  breast,— 
Earnest  of  immortal  rest. 

4  Let  me  never  from  thee  stray; 
Keep  me  in  the  narrow  way ; 
Fiil  my  soul  with  joy  divine; 
Keep  me,  Lord,  forever  thine. 

188  s.  m. 

Imploring  His  guidance. 

pOME,  Spirit,  Source  of  light ; 
V'  Thy  grace  is  unconfined ; 
Dispel  the  gloomy  shades  of  night, — 

The  darkness  of  the  mind. 
2  Now  to  our  eyes  display 

The  truth  thy  words  reveal ; 
Cause  us  to  run  the  heavenly  way, 

Delighting  in  thy  will. 


THE  HOLT  SPIRIT.         Il9 

S  Thy  teachings  make  us  know 

The  myst'ries  of  thy  luve, 
The  vanfty  of  thing's  below, 

The  joy  of  things  above. 

4  While  through  this  maze  we  stray, 

0  spread  thy  beams  abroad; 
Point  out  the  "dangers  of  the  way, 

And  guide  our  steps  to  God. 


189  11th  P.  M.  76,  76,  77,  76 

Seeking  His  power  and  grace. 

FATHER  of  our  dying  Lord, 
Remember  us  for  good  ; 
O  fulfil  his  faithful  word, 

And  hear  his  speaking  blood. 
Give  us  that  for  which  he  prays  : 

Father,  glorify  thy  Son  ; 
Show  his  truth,  and  power,  and  grace, 
And  send  the  promise  down. 

2  True  and  faithful  Witness,  thou, 
O  Christ,  the  Spirit"  give  ; 

Hast  thou  not  received  him  now, 
That  we  might  now  receive? 

Art  thou  not  the  living  Head  ! 
Life  to  all  thy  limbs  impart ; 

Shed  thy  love, 'thy  Spirit  shed, 
In  every  waiting  heart. 

3  Holy  Ghost,  the  Comforter, 
The  gift  of  Jesus,  come  ; 

Glow  r,ur  hearts  to  find  thee  near, 
And  swell  to  make  thee  room; 

Present  with  us  thee  we  feel ; 
Come,  O  come,  and  in  ns  be ; 

With  us,  in  us,  live  and  dwell. 
To  all  eternity. 


120       THE  HOLY  SPIRIT. 

190  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  Sa. 
Let  there  be  light. 

TpXPAND  thy  wings,  celestial  Dove, 
j  And,  brooding  o'er  our  nature's  night, 
Call  forth  the  ray  of  heavenly  love, 

And  let  there  in  our  souls  be  light; 
Illuminate  the  dark  abyss 
With  glorious  beams  of  endless  biis3. 
2  Let  there  be  light,  again  command, 

And  light  th»re  hi  our  hearts  shall  be; 
We  then,  through  faith,  shall  understand 

Thy  great  mysterious  majesty; 
And/by  the  shining  of  thy  grace, 
Behold  in  Christ  thy  glorious  face. 

191  C.  M. 

LTis  quickening  power. 

COME,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
With  all  thy  quiek'ning  powers  : 
Kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love 
in  these  cold  hearts  of  ours. 

2  Look  how  we  grovel  here  below, 
Fond  of  these  earthly  toys; 

Our  souls,  how  heavily"  they  go, 
To  reach  eternal  joys. 

3  In  vain  we  tune  our  formal  songs,— 
In  vain  we  strive  to  rise ; 

Hosnnnas  languish  on  our  tongues, 
And  our  devotion  dies. 

4  Father,  and  shall  we  ever  live 
At  this  poor  dying  rate ; 

Our  love  so  faint,  so  cold  to  thee, 
And  thine  to  us  so  great? 

5  Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
With  all  thy  quiek'ning  powers; 

Come,  shed  abroad  a  Saviour's  love, 
And  that  thiili  kindle  ours. 


THE  HOLY  SPIRIT.        121 

192  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  7s. 

The  Son  glorified. 

FATHER,  glorify  thy  Son ; 
Answer  his  all-powerful  prayer; 
Send  that  Intercessor  down; 

Send  that  other  Comforter, 
"Whom,  believingly_,  we  claim, — 
Whom  we  ask  in  Jesus'  name. 
2  Wilt  thou  not  the  promise  seal, 

Good  and  faithful  as  thou  art, — 
Send  the  Comforter  to  dwell 

Every  moment  in  our  heart? 
Yes,  thou  must  the  grace  bestow : 
Truth  hath  said  it  shall  he  so. 

193  c  m. 

Life,  light,  and  love. 

ENTHRONED  on  high,  Almighty  Lord, 
The  Holy  Ghost  send  down; 
Fulfil  in  us  thy  faithful  word. 
And  all  thy  "mercies  crown. 

2  Though  on  our  heads  no  tongues  of  Are 
Their  wondrous  powers  impart, 

Grant,  Saviour,  what  we  more  desire,— 
Thy  Spirit  in  our  heart. 

3  Spirit  of  life,  and  light,  and  love, 
Thy  heavenly  influence  give  ; 

Quicken  our  souls,  our  guilt  remove, 
That  we  in  Christ  may  live. 

4  To  our  benighted  minds  reveal 
The  glories  of  his  grace, 

And  bring  us  where  no  clouds  conceal 
The  brightness  of  his  face. 

5  His  love  within  us  shed  abroad,— 
Life's  ever-springing  well; 

Till  God  in  us,  and  we  in  God, 
In  love  eternal  dwell. 


122        THE  HOLY  SPIRIT. 

194  s.  if. 

The  day  of  Pentecost. 

LORD  God,  tile  Holy  Ghost! 
In  this  accepted  hour, 
As  on  the  day  of  Pentecost, 
Descend  in  all  thy  power. 

2  We  meet  with  one  accord. 
In  our  appointed  place, 

And  wait  the  promise  of  our  Lord,— 
The  Spirit  ot  all  grace. 

3  Like  mighty  rushing  wind 
Upon  the  waves  beneath, 

Move  with  one  impulse  every  mind; 
One  soul,  one  feeling  breathe. 

4  The  young,  the  old,  inspire 
With  wisdom  from  above; 

And  give  us  hearts  and  tongues  of  fire, 
To  pray,  and  praise,  and  love. 

5  Spirit  of  light,  explore, 

And  chase  our  gloom  away, — 
With  lustre  shining  more  and  more, 
Unto  the  perfect  day. 

6  Spirit  of  truth,  be  thou 

In  life  and  death,  our  guide ; 
O  Spirit  of  adoption,  now 
May  we  be  sanctified. 

105  L.  M. 

The  ph  nitude  «f  His  grace  and  power. 

0  SPIRIT  of  the  living  God, 
In  all  thy  plenitude  of  grace, 
Where'er  the  root  of  man  hath  trod, 

■  .I  .-11  our  apostate  race. 
2  Give  tongues  of  fire,  and  hearts  of  love, 

To  preach  the  reconciling  word; 
Give  power  and  unction  from  above, 
Where'er  the  joyful  Bound  is  heard. 


THE  HOLY  SPIRIT.         123 

3  Be  darkness,  at  thy  coming,  light; 
Confusion — order,  in  thy  path  ; 

Souls  without  strength,  inspire  with,  might  ; 
Bid  mercy  triumph  over  wrath. 

4  Baptize  the  nations  -,  far  and  nigh 
.  The  triumphs  of  the  cross  record ; 
The  name  of  Jesus  glorify, 

Till  every  kindred  call  him  Lord. 

196  L  M. 

Peace,  lave,  purity. 
YTTHEN"  first  the  Spirit  left  the  throne, 
i  V    He  took  the  semblance  of  a  dove ; 
A  symbol  chosen  to  make  known 
His  peace,  and  purity,  and  love. 

2  When  next,  at  Pentecost,  he  came, 
He  stood  confess'd  to  mortal  sight 

Within  the  cloven  tongue  of  flame, — 
The  type  of  freedom,  guidance,  light. 

3  Vouchsafe,  celestial  Dove,  thy  peace, 
That  we  at  perfect  peace  may  be ; 

Within  our  hearts  thy  love  increase, — 
Within  our  thoughts,  thy  purity. 

4  O  Light  divine !  direct  our  feet, 
Which  long  in  error's  paths  have  trod; 

Our  prison'd  souls  with  freedom  greet, 
Convince  of  sin,  and  lead  to  God. 

197  9th  P.  51.  87,  87. 

The  Source  of  consolatiun. 

HOLY  Ghost !  dispel  our  sadness  ; 
Pierce  the  clouds  of  nature's  night; 
Come,  thou  Source  of  joy  and  gladness, 

Breathe  thy  life,  and  spread  thy  light. 
2  Hear,  0  hear  our  snpplication, 
Blessed  Spirit !  God  of  peace  I 
Rest  upon  this  congregation 
With  the  fulness  of  thy  grace. 


124        THE  HOLY  SPIRIT. 

3  Author  of  our  new  creation, 
ilay  we  all  thine  influence  prove ; 

Wake  our  souls  thy  habitation, — 
Shed  abroad  the'  Saviour's  love. 

4  Source  of  sweetest  consolation, 
Breathe  thy  peace  on  all  below; 

Bless,  O  bless  this  congregation; 
On  each  soul  thy  grace  bestow  1 

198  p.  M.  84,  84. 

The  Source  of  every  good  gift. 

UR  blest  Redeemer,  ere  he  breathed 


0 


His  last  farewel 
A  Guide, — a  Comforter,  bequeathed, 

Willi  us  to  dwell. 
h  He  comes,  his  graces  to  impart; 

A  willing;  guest, 
While  he  can  find  one  humble  heart 

Wherein  to  rest. 

3  And  all  the  good  that  we  possess, 

His  gift  we  own ; 

Yea,  every  thought  of  holiness, 

And  vict'ry  won. 

4  Spirit  of  purity  and  grace, 

Our  weakness  see ; 
O  make  our  hearts  thy  dwelling-place, 
And  worthier  thee. 

1Q9  9th  P.  M.  87,  87,  87,  8T. 

Guile  and  Comforter. 

HOLY  Spirit !  Fount  of  blessing, 
Ever  watchful,  ever  kind; 
Thy  celestial  aid  possessing, 

Prison'd  nouls  deliv'rance  find. 
Seal  of  truth,  and  bond  of  union, 

Source  of  light,  and  flame  of  love, 
Symbol  of  divine  communion, 
"in  the  olivc-beariug  dove ;— 


THE  HOLY  SPIRIT.         125 

2  Heavenly  Guide  from  paths  of  error, 

Comforter  of  minds  distressed, — 
When  the  billows  fill  with  terror, 

Pointing  to  an  ark  of  rest : 
Promised  Pledge  !  Eternal  Spirit ! 

Greater  than  all  gifts  below,— 
May  our  hearts  thy  grace  inherit; 

May  our  lips  thy  glories  show. 


200  8d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  8s 

Rejoicing  in  Vie  fulfilment  of  the  promiit. 

SEN^*ERS,  lift  up  your  hearts, 
The  promise  to  receive ; 
Jesus  himself  imparts,— 
He  comes  in  man  to  live  : 
The  Holy  Ghost  to  man  is  given ; 
Rejoice  in  God  sent  down  from  heaven. 

2  Jesus  is  glorified, 

And  gives  the  Comforter, 
His  Spirit,  to  reside  . 

In  all  his  members  here  ; 
The  Holy  Ghost  to  man  is  given ; 
Rejoice  in  God  sent  down  from  heaven, 

3  To  make  an  end  of  sin, 
And  Satan's  works  destroy, 

He  brings  his  kingdom  in, — 
Peace,  righteousness,  and  joy : 
The  Holy  Ghost  to  man  is  given ; 
Rejoice  in  God  sent  down  from  heaven. 

4  From  heaven  he  shall  once  more 
Triumphantly  descend, 

And  all  his  saints  restore 
To  joys  that  never  end  : 
Then,  then,  when  all  our  joys  are  given, 
Rejoice,  in  God,  rejoice  in  heaven. 


12S         THE  HOLY  SPIRIT. 

201  13th  P.  M.  10,  10,  11,  11. 
iT- _..'  teing  In  thefreenesa  of  the  gift. 

ALL  glory  and  praise  to  Jesus  our  Lord, 
So  plenteous  in  grace,  so  true  to  liis  word; 
To  us  be  hath  given  the  gift  from  above, — 
The  earnest  of  heaven,  the  Spirit  of  love. 

2  The  truth  of  our  God  we  boldly  assert ; 
His  love-  shed  abroad,  and  power  in  our  heart, 
Ye  all  may  inherit,  on  Jesus  who  call; 

The  gift  of  liis  Spirit  is  proffer'd  to  all. 

3  His  witness  within,  by  faith  we  receive, 
And.  ransom'd  from  sin,  in  righteousness  live; 
Through  Jesus's  passion  we  gladly  possess 

A  present  salvation, — a  kingdom  of  peace. 

4  The  peace  and  the  power,  ye  sinners, embrace, 
And  lo  >k  for  the  shower, — the  Spirit  of  grace  ; 
The  gift  and  the  Giver  we  all  may  receive, 
Forever  and  ever  within  us  to  live. 

202  L.  M- 

His  universal  diffusion. 

ON  all  the  earth  thy  Spirit  shower; 
The  earth  in  righteousness  renew; 
Thy  kingdom  come,  and  hell's  o'erpower, 
Anil  to  thy  sceptre  all  subdue. 

2  Like  mighty  winds,  or  torrents  fierce, 
Let  him  upposers  a!l  oVrrun; 

And  every  law  of  sin  reverse, 
That  faith  'ind  love  may  make  all  one. 

3  Yea,  let  him,  Lord,  in  every  place 
His  richest  energy  declare; 

While  lovely  tempers,  fruits  of  grace, 
Trie  kingdom  of  thy  Christ  prepare. 

4  Grant  this,  O  holy  Sod  an. I 

The  ancient  s.  ers  tli  u  didst  inspire,— 
To  us  perform  the  promise  due, — 
Descend,  and  crown  us  now  with  fire. 


IXSTITUTIOXS  OP  THE  GOSPEL. 


THE   MINISTRY. 

203  L-  M. 

The  ministry  instituted. 
rrHE  Saviour,  when  to  heaven  he  rose, 
JL   In  splendid  triumph  o'er  his  foes, 
Scatter'd  his  gifts  on  men  below, 
And  still  his  royal  bounties  flow. 

2  Hence  sprang  the'  apostles'  honour'd  nam*, 
Sacred  beyond  heroic  fame  : 

In  humbkr  forms,  before  our  eyes, 
Pastors  and  teachers  hence  arise. 

3  From  Christ  they  all  their  gifts  derive, 
And,  fed  by  Christ,  their  graces  live  : 
While,  guarded  by  his  mighty  hand, 
'Jlidst  all  the  rage  of  hell" they  stand. 

4  So  shall  the  bright  succession  ran 
Through  all  the  courses  of  the  sun ; 
While  unborn  churches,  by  their  care, 
Shall  rise  and  flourish  large  and  fair. 

5  Jesus,  now  teach  our  hearts  to  know 
The  spring  whence  all  these  blessings  flow 
Pastors  and  people  shout  thy  praise, 
Through  the  long  round  of  endless  days. 

204  m         .  .  l.m. 

The  commission. 

GO,  preach  mv  Gospel,  saith  the  Lord,— 
Bid  the  whole  world  my  grace  receive; 
He  shall  be  saved  who  trusts  my  word, 
And  he  condemn'd  who  won't*  believe. 
2  I  '11  make  your  great  commission  known 

And  ye  shall  prove  my  Gospel  true, 
By  all  the  works  that  I 'have  dene, 
By  all  the  wondera  ye  shall  do. 


128   INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

S  Teach  all  the  nations  my  commands, — 
I  'm  with  you  till  the  world  shall  end ; 

All  power  is  trusted  in  my  hands, — 
I  can  destroy,  and  I  defend. 

205  s.  m. 

The  jorfv.l  sound. 

HOW  beauteous  are  their  feet 
Who  stand  on  Ziou's  liii!, — 
Who  bring  salvation  on  their  tongues 

And  words  of  peace  reveal ! 
2  How  charming;  is  their  voice,— 

So  sweet  the  tidings  are  ; 
Zion,  behold  thy  Saviour  King; 

He  reigns  and  triumphs  here. 
S  How  happv  are  our  ears, 

That  hear  'the  joyful  sound, 
Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for, 

And  sought,  but  never  found. 

4  How  blessed  are  our  eyes, 
That  see  this  heavenly  light; 

Prophets  and  kings  desired  it  long, 
But  died  without  the  sight. 

5  The  watchmen  join  their  voice, 
And  tuneful  notes  em] 

Jerusalem  breaks  forth  in  songs, 
And  deserts  learn  the  joy. 

6  The  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm 
Thri  ugh  all  the  earth  abroad  : 

Let  every  nation  now  beheld 
Their  Saviour  and  their  God. 

20G  c-  M- 

The  pastoral  office. 

IKT  Zion's  watchmen  a!!  awake, 
j  And  take  the'  alarm  they  give ; 

Now  let  them  from  the  mouth  of  Cud 
Their  awful  charge  receive. 


THE  MINISTRY.  129 

§  'Tis  not  a  cause  of  email  import, 

The  pastor's  care  demands  ; 
But  what  might  fill  an  angel's  heart, 

And  fill'd  a  Saviour's  hands. 

3  They  watch  for  souls  for  which  the  Lord 
-Did  "heavenly  bliss  forego ; 

For  souls,  which  must  forever  live 
In  raptures,  or  in  wo. 

4  'May  they  in  Jesus,  whom  they  preach, 
Their  own  Redeemer  see  ; 

And  watch  thou  daily  o'er  their  souls, 
That  they  may  watch  for  thee. 

207  s.  m. 

The  labourers  are  few. 

LORD  of  the  harvest,  hear 
Thy  needy  servants'  cry; 
Answer  our  faith's  effectual  prayer, 
And  all  our  wants  supply. 

2  On  thee  we  humbly  wait,— 
Our  wants  are  in  thy  view, 

The  harvest,  trnly,  Lord,  is  great, 
The  labourers  are  few.  - 

3  Convert  and  send  forth  more 
Into  thy  Church  abroad, 

And  let  them  speak  thy  word  of  power, 
As  workers  with  their  God. 

4  O  let  them  spread  thy  name, — 
Their  mission  fully  prove  ; 

Thy  universal  grace  proclaim, — 
Thine  all-redeeming  love. 

208  £•  m. 

Pastors  after  thine  own  heart. 

TESUS,  thy  wand'ring  sheep  behold! 

«J   See,  Lord,  with  yearning  bowels,  see, 

Poor  souls  that  cannot  find  tho  fold, 

Til]  sought  and  gather'd  in  by  thee. 

5 


130    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

2  Lost  are  they  now,  and  scatter'd  wide, 
In  pain,  and  weariness,  and  want : 

With  no  kind  shepherd  near,  to  guide 
The  sick,  and  spiritless,  and  faint. 

3  Thou,  only  thou,  the  kiDd,  and  good, 
And  sheep-redeeming,  Shepherd  art  ; 

Collect  thy  flock,  and  give  the^i  I 
And  pastors  after  thine  own  heart. 

4  Give  the  pure  word  of  gen'ral  grace, 
And  great  shall  be  the  preachers'  crowd  ; 

Preachers  who  all  the  sinlul  race 
Point  to  the  all-atoning  blood. 

5  Thine  only  glory  let  them  seek ; 

O  let  their  hearts  with  love  o'erftW  ; 
Let  them  believe,  and  therefore  speak, 
And  spread  thy  mercy's  praise  below. 

209  I*  «• 

Prepare  ye  the  way  cf  the  Lor  J. 

COMFORT,  ye  ministers  of  grace, 
Comfort  the  people  of  your  Lord ; 
O  lift  ye  up  the  fallen  race, 
And"  cheer  them  by  the  Gospel  word. 

2  Go  into  every  nation,  go ; 

Speak  to  their  trembling  hearts,  and  cry,— 
Glad  tidings  unto  all  we  show  : 

Jerusalem,  thy  God  is  nigh. 

S  Hark !  in  the  wilderness  a  cry, 
A  voice  that  loudly  calls, — Prepare  ; 

Prepare  your  hearts,  for  God  is  nigh, 
And  waits  to  make  his  entrance  there. 

4  The  Lord  your  God  shall  quickly  come ; 

Sinners,  repent,  the  call  obey : 
Open  your  hearts  to  make  him  room,- 

Ye  desert  aouls,  prepare  the  way. 


THE  MINISTRY.  131 

6  The  Lord  shall  clear  his  way  through  all ; 

Whate'er  obstructs,  obstructs  in  vain ; 
The  vale  shall  rise,  the  mountain  fall, 

Crooked  be  straight,  and  rugged  plain. 
6  The  glory  of  the  Lord  display'd 

Shall  all  mankind  together  view ; 
And  what  Ids  mouth  in  truth  hath  Eaid, 

His  own  almighty  hand  shall  do. 

210  c.  m. 

Let  thy  priests  be  clothed  with  salvation. 

TESUS,  the  word  of  mercy  give, 
J   And  let  it  swiftly  run ; 
And  let  the  priests  themselves  believe, 
And  put  salvation  on. 

2  Jesus,  let  all  thy  servants  shine 
Illustrious  as  the  sun ; 

And,  bright  with  borrow'd  rays  divine, 
Their  glorious  circuit  run. 

3  Beyond  the  reach  of  mortals,  spread 
Their  light  where'er  they  go ; 

And  heavenly  influences  shed 
On  all  the  world  below. 

4  As  giants  may  they  run  their  race, 
Exulting  in  their  might; 

As  burning  luminaries  chase 
The  gloom  of  hellish  night. 

5  As  the  bright  Sun  of  righteousness, 
Their  healing  wings  display; 

And  let  their  lustre  still  increase 
Unto  the  perfect  day. 

211  *•■  M. 

Labourers  together  with  God. 

THUS  saith  the  Lord — 'tis  God  commands ; 
Workers  with  God,  the  charge  obey; 
Remove  whate'er  his  work  withstands^— 
Prepare,  prepare  his  people's  way. 


132    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

2  Lift  up,  for  all  mankind  to  see, 
The  standard  of  their  Saviour  God, 

And  point  them  to  the  shameful  tree, — 
The  cross,  all  stain'd  with  hallow'd  blood. 

3  Himself  prepares  his  people's  hearts, — 
Breaks  and  binds  up,  and  wounds  and.  heals ; 

A  mystic  death  and  life  imparts ; 
Empties  the  full,  the  emptied  fills  : 

4  He  fills  whom  first  he  hath 
With  him  the  perfect  grace 

Himself  is  here  our  great  reward, — 
Our  future  and  our  present  heaven. 

212  s.  m. 

Sow  beside  all  waters. 

SOW  in  the  morn  thy  seed ; 
At  eve  hold  not  thy  hand ; 
To  doubt  and  fear  give  thou  no  heed,— 
Broad-cast  it  o'er  the  land. 

2  Thou  know'st  not  which  shall  thrive,— 
The  late  or  early  sown; 

Grace  keeps  the  precious  germ  alive, 
When  and  wherever  strown  : 

3  And  duly  shall  appear, 

In  verdure,  beanty,  strength, 
The  tender  blade,  the  stalk,  the  ear, 
And  the  full  corn  at  length. 

4  Thou  canst  not  toil  in  vain  : 
Cold,  heat,  and  moist,  and  dry. 

Shall  foster  and  mature  the  grain 
For  garners  in  the  sky. 

213  L    M. 

The  angels  of  the  churches. 

DRAW  near,  O  Son  of  God,  draw  near- 
Ua  with  thy  naming  eye  behold; 
Still  in  thy  Church  do  thou  appear, 
And  Ufour  candlestick  bo  gold. 


THE  MINISTRY.  133 

2  Still  hold  the  stars  in  thy  right  hand, 
And  let  them  in  thv  lustre  glow, — 

The  lights  of  a  "benighted  land, 
The  angels  of  thy  Church  below. 

3  Make  good  their  apostolic  boast ; 
Their  high  commission  let  them  prove  ; 

Be  temples  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
And  fill'd  with  faith,  and  hope,  and  love. 

4  Give  them  an  ear  to  hear  thy  word ; 
Thou  speakest  to  the  churches  now : 

And  let  all  tongues  confess  their  Lord, — 
Let  every  knee  to  Jesus  how. 

214  s.  m. 

For  a  blessing  on  ministers. 
TESUS,  thy  servants  bless, 
O   Who,  sent  by  thee,  proclaim 
The  peace,  and  joy,  and  righteousness 

Experienced  in  thy  name  : 
The  kingdom  of  our  God, — 
Which  grace  divine  imparts ; 


2  Their  souls  with  faith  supplv, — 

With  life  and  liberty ; 
And  then  they  preach  and  testify 

The  things  concerning  thee  : 
And  live  for  this  alone, — 

Thy  grace  to  minister ; 
And  all  thou  hast  for  sinners  done, 

In  life  and  death  declare. 

215  L.  M. 

For  the  success  of  ministers. 

FATHER  of  mercies,  bow  thine  ear, 
Attentive  to  our  earnest  prayer : 
We  plead  for  those  who  plead  for  thee : 
Successful  pleaders  may  they  be, 


134    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

2  0,  clothe  tlieir  words  with  power  divine, 
And  let  these  words  be  ever  thine ; 

To  them  thy  sacred  truth  reveal ; 
Suppress  their  fear,  inflame  their  zeal. 

3  Teach  them  to  sow  the  precious  seed ; 
Teach  them  thy  chosen  flock  to  feed; 
Teach  them  immortal  souls  to  gain, — 
And  thus  reward  their  toil  and  pain. 

4  Let  thronging  multitudes  around 
Hear  from  their  lips  the  joyful  sound ; 
In  humble  strains  thy  grace  implore, 
And  feel  thy  Spirit's  living  power. 

218  c.  m. 

God's  Messing  ensures  success. 
OW,  Lord,  fulfil  thy  faithful  word,— 
Thy  servants'  labours  bless ; 
Now  let  the  prayer  of  faith  be  heard, 
And  grant  them  full  success. 

2  Long  have  they  in  thy  vineyard  wrought, 
And  with  unwearied  toil; 

Alas !  they  spend  their  strength  for  naught, 
Upon  a  sterile  soil. 

3  Arise,  O  God,  exert  thy  power; 
Thy  people's  hopes  sustain  ; 

And  richly  on  thy  vineyard  shower 
The  first  and  latter  rain. 

4  Lord,  we  commend  the  work  to  thee ; 
Thy  servants  guide  and  bless; 

Thy  guidance  gives  security,— 
Thy  blessing, — full  success. 

217  L- m. 

He  ffheth  the  increase. 
1GH  on  his  everlasting  throne, 


N 


II 


The  lung  of  saints  his  work  surveys ; 
Marks  the  dear  souls  he  calls  his  own. 
And  smiles  on  the  peculiar  nvce 


TEE  MINISTRY.  135 

2  He  rests  -well  pleased  their  toils  to  see ; 

Beneath  his  easy  yoke  they  move  : 
With  all  their  heart  and  strength  agree 

In  the  sweet  labour  of  his  love. 
3, See  where  the  servants  of  the  Lord, 

A  busy  multitude,  appear  : 
For  Jesus  day  and  night  employ'd, 

His  heritage  they  toil  to  clear. 

4  The  love  of  Christ  their  hearts  constrains, 
And  strengthens  their  unwearied  hands ; 

They  spend  their  sweat,  and  blood,  and  pains, 
To  cultivate  Irmnanuel's  lands. 

5  Jesus  their  toil  delighted  sees, 
Their  industry  vouchsafes  to  crown  : 

He  kindly  gives  the  wish'd  increase, 
And  sends  the  promised  blessing  down. 

218  4th  P.  M.  886,  8S6. 

Entire  dependence  on  Christ. 

EXCEPT  the  Lord  conduct  the  plan, 
The  best  concerted  schemes  are  vain, 

And  never  can  succeed ; 
We  spend  our  wretched  strength  for  naught , 
But  if  our  works  in  thee  be  wrought, 

They  shall  be  blest  indeed. 
2  Lord,  if  thou  didst  thyself  inspire 
Our  souls  with  this  intense  desire, 

Thy  goodness  to  proclaim; 
Thy  glory  if  we  now  intend, 
O  let  our  deeds  begin  and  end 

Complete  in  Jesus'  name. 
S  In  Jesus'  name  behold  we  meet, 
Far  from  an  evil  world  retreat, 

And  all  its  frantic  ways ; 
One  only  thing  resolved  to  know, 
And  square  onr  useful  lives  below, 

By  reason  and  by  grace. 


136    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

4  Not  in  the  tombs  we  pine  to  dwell, 
Not  in  the  dark  monastic  cell, 

By  rows  and  grates  confined ; 
Freely  to  all  ourselves  we  give, 
Constrain'd  by  Jesus'  love  to  live 

The  servants  of  mankind. 

5  Now,  Jesus,  now  thy  love  impart, 
To  govern  each  devoted  heart, 

And  fit  us  for  thy  will ; 
Deep  founded  in  the  truth  of  grace, 
Build  up  thy  rising  Church,  and  place 

The  city  on  the  hill. 

6  O  let  our  love  and  faith  abound ; 
O  let  our  lives,  to  all  around, 

With  purest  lustre  shine  ; 
That  all  around  our  works  mav  see, 
And  give  the  glory.  Lord,  to  thee, 

The  heavenly  light  divine. 

219  c.  m. 

The  minister's  only  business. 

JESUS,  the  Name  high  over  all, 
In  hell,  or  earth,  or  sky ; 
Angels  and  men  before  it  fall, 
And  devils  fear  and  fly. 

2  Jesus,  the  Name  to  sinners  dear,— 
The  Name  to  sinners  given ; 

It  scatters  all  their  guilty  fear; 
It  turns  their  hell  to  heaven. 

3  Jesus  the  pris'ner's  fetters  breaks, 
And  bruises  Satan's  head  ; 

Power  into  strengthless  souls  he  speaks, 
And  life  into  l£< 

4  O  that  the  world  might  taste  and  6ee 
The  riches  of  his  grace  ; 

The  amis  of  love  that  compass  me, 
Would  all  mankind  embrace. 


THE  MINISTRY.  137 

5  His  only  righteousness  I  show,— 
His  saving  truth  proclaim  : 

'Tis  all  mv  business  here  below, 
-     To  cry,— Behold  the  Lamb ! 

6  Happy,  if  with  my  latest  breath 
I  may  but  gasp  his  name ; 

Preach  him  to  all,  and  cry  in  death, 
Behold,  behold  the  Lamb ! 

220  s.  m. 

Success  certain. 

LORD,  if  at  thy  command 
The  word  of  life  we  sow, 
Water'd  by  thy  almighty  hand, 

The  seed  shall  surely  grow : 
The  virtue  of  thy  grace 

A  large  increase  shall  give, 
And  multiply  the  faithful  race, 

Who  to  thy  glory  live. 
2  Now,  then,  the  ceaseless  shower 

Of  gospel  blessings  send, 
And  let  the  soul-converting  power 

Thy  ministers  attend. 
On  multitudes  confer 

The  heart-renewing  love, 
And  by  the  joy  of  grace  prepare 

For  fuller  joys  above. 

221  s.  m. 

Labourers  in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord. 

AND  let  our  bodies  part, — 
To  diff'reut  climes  repair; 
Inseparably  join'd  in  heart 
The  friends  of  Jesus  are. 
2  0  let  us  still  proceed 

In  Jesus'  work  below; 
And,  foil' wing  our  triumphant  Head, 
To  farther  conquests  go. 


i38     INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

3  The  vineyard  of  the  Lord 
Before  his  lab'rers  lies  ; 

And  lo !  ive  see  the  vast  reward 
Which  waits  us  in  the  skies. 

4  O  let  our  heart  and  mind 
Continually  ascend, 

That  haven  of  repose  to  find, 
Where  all  our  labours  end ; 

5  Where  all  our  toils  are  o'er, 
Our  suff'ring  and  our  pain  : 

Who  meet  on  that  eternal  shore, 
Shall  never  part  again. 

222  s.  m. 

Continued. — Labourers  rewarded. 
HAPPY,  happy  place, 
Where  saints  and  angels  meet! 
There  we  shall  see  each  other's  face, 
And  all  our  brethren  greet. 

2  The  Church  of  the  first-born, 
We  shall  with  thein  be  blest, 

And,  crowu'd  with  endless  joy,  return 
To  our  eternal  rest. 

3  With  joy  we  shall  behold, 
In  yonder  blest  abode, 

The  patriarchs  and  prophets  old, 
And  all  the  saints  of  God. 

4  Abrah'm  and  Isaac,  there, 
And  Jacob,  shall  receive 

Tbc  follVera  of  their  faith  and  prayer, 
Who  now  in  bodies  live. 

5  "We  shall  our  time  beneath 
Live  out  in  cheerful  hope, 

And  fearless  pass  the  vale  of  death, 
And  gain  the  niouutain  top. 


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THE  CHURCH.  139 

6  To  gather  home  his  own, 

God  shall  his  angels  send, 
And  bid  cur  bliss,  on  earth  begun, 

In  deathless  triumphs  end. 


TEE   CHURCH. 


223  C.  M. 

Founded  on  a  RocJc. 

WITH  stately  towers  and  bulwarks  strong, 
Unrivall'd  and  alone- 
Loved  theme  of  many  a  sacred  song, — 
God's  holy  city  shone. 

2  Thus  fair  was  Zion's  chosen  seat, 
The  glory  of  all  lands ; 

Yet  fairer,  and  in  strength  complete, 
The  Christian  temple  stands. 

3  The  faithful  of  each  clime  and  age 
This  glorious  Church  "compose  ; 

Built  on  a  Rock,  with  idle  rage 

The  threat'ning  tempest  blows. 
4- Fear  not;  though  hostile  bands  alarm, 

Thy  God  is  thy  defence ; 
And  weak  and  powerless  every  arm 

Against  Omnipotence. 

224  5Ql  P-  M-  4  Sw  7s. 

Prayer  for  her  extension. 

ON  thy  Church,  O  Power  divine, 
Cause  thy  glorious  face  to  shine ; 
Till  the  nations,  from  afar, 
Hail  her  as  their  guiding  star. 
2  Then  shall  God,  with  lavish  hand- 
Scatter  blessings  o'er  the  land ; 
And  the  world's  remotest  bound 
With  the  voice  of  praise  resound. 


140    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

225  l.  m. 

Glorious  and  spotless. 

F:SUS,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow, 
Great  Builder  of  thy  Church  below ; 
If  now  thy  Spirit  move  my  breast, 
Hear,  and  fulfil  thine  own  request. 

2  The  few  that  truly  call  thee  Lord, 
And  wait  thy  sanctifying  word, 

And  thee  their  utmost  Saviour  own  ;— 
Unite  and  perfect  them  in  one. 

3  O  let  them  all  thy  mind  express, 
Stand  forth  thy  chosen  witnesses  ; 
Thy  power  unto  salvation  show, 
And  perfect  holiness  below. 

4  In  them  let  all  mankind  behold 
How  Christians  lived  in  days  of  old ; 
Mighty  their  envious  foes  to  move, — 
A  proverb  of  reproach — and  love. 

5  Call  them  into  thy  wondrous  light, 
Worthy  to  walk  with  thee  in  white  : 
Make  iip  thy  jewels,  Lord,  and  show 
Thy  glorious,  spotless  Church  below. 

6  From  every  sinful  wrinkle  free, 
Redeem'd  from  all  iniquity, 

The  fellowship  of  saints  make  known, 
Aud  O,  my  Sod,  may  I  be  one! 

226  L-  M. 

Continued. — Witnesses  for  Jesus. 

0  MIGHT  my  lot  be  cast  with  these, 
The  least  of  Jesus'  witnesses ; 
O  that  my  Lord  would  count  me  meet, 
To  wash  his  dear  disciples'  feet! 
2  This  only  thing  do  I  require  : 
Thou  know'st  'tis  all  my  heart's  desire, 
Freely  what  I  receive  to  give, — 
The  servant  of  thy  Church  to  live  :— 


THE  CHURCH.  141 

3  After  my  lowly  Lord  to  go, 
And  wait  upon  thy  saints  below ; 
Enjoy  the  grace  to  angels  given, 

-And  serve  the  royal  heirs  of  heaven. 

4  Lord,  if  I  now  thy  drawings  feel, 
And  ask  according  to  thy  will, 
Confirm  the  prayer,  the  seal  impart, 
And  speak  the  answer  to  my  heart. 

5  Tell  me,  or  thou  shalt  never  go, — 
Thy  prayer  is  heard  ;  it  shall  be  so  : 
The  word  hath  pass'd  thy  lips,  and  I 
Shall  with  thy  people  live  and  die. 

227  l.  m. 

The  river  of  life. 

GREAT  Source  of  being  and  of  love ! 
Thou  wat'rest  all  the  worlds  above ; 
And  all  the  joys  which  mortals  know, 
From  thine  esiiaustless  fountain  flow. 

2  A  sacred  spring,  at  thy  command, 
From  Zion's  mount,  in  (janaan's  land, 
Beside  thy  temple  cleaves  the  ground, 
And  pours  its  limpid  stream  around. 

3  Close  by  its  banks,  in  order  fair, 
The  blooming  trees  of  life  appear ; 
Their  blossoms  fragrant  odours  give, 
And  on  their  fruit  the  nations  live. 


And  bear  us,  on  thy  gentle  wave, 
To  Him  who  all  thy  virtues  gave. 

228  c.  M. 

The  gates  of  hell  shall  nol  prevail  against  her 
"ITTHO  make  the  Lord  of  hosts  their  tower, 
\  V    Shall  like  Mount  Zion  be,— 
Immovable  by  mortal  power, — 
Built  on  eternity. 


142    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

2  As  round  about  Jerusalem 

The  guardian  mountains  stand,. 
So  shall  the  Lord  encompass  them 
Who  hold  by  his  right  hand. 

3  The  rod  of  wickedness  shall-  ne'er 
Against  the  just  prevail, 

Lest'  innocence  should  find  a  snare, 
And  tempted  virtue  fail. 

4  Do  good,  O  Lord,  do  good  to  those 
Who  cleave  to  thee  in  heart, — 

Who  on  thy  truth  alone  repose, 
Nor  from  thy  law  depart. 

229  c.  m. 

Returning  to  Zion  witA  songs  of  joy. 

DAUGHTER  of  Zion,  from  the  dust 
Exalt  thy  fallen  head  ; 
Again  in  thy  Redeemer  trust, — 

Hj  calls  thee  from  the  dead. 

2  Awake,  awake,  put  on  thy  strength, 

Thy  beautiful  array; 
The  day  of  freedom  dawns  at  length, — 

The  Lord's  appointed  day. 

8  Rebuild  thv  walls,  thy  bounds  enlarge, 

And  send  thy  heralds  forth ; 
Sav  to  the  south, — Give  up  thy  charge! 

And,— Keep  uot  back,  O  north ! 

4  They  come,  they  come  :  thine  exiled  baud* 
Where'er  they  rest  or  roam, 

Have  heard  thy" voice  in  distant  landa, 
And  hasten  to  their  home. 

5  Thus,  though  the  universe  shall  bum, 
And  Gvd  his  works  destroy, 

With  songs  thy  ransom'd  shall  return, 
And  everlasting  joy. 


THE  CHURCH.  143 

230  llih  P-  M-  n6>  ™>  1'''  'in- 
security and  safety. 

SEE  the  gospel  Church  secure, 
And  founded  on  a  Rock ; 
All  her  promises  are  sure ; 

Her  bulwarks  who  can  shock 
Count  her  every  precious  shrine 

Tell,  to  after-ages  tell,— 
Fc  rtified  by  power  divine, 
The  Church  can  never  fail. 

2  Zion's  GoA  is  all  our  own, 

Who  on  his  love  rely ; 
We  his  pard'uing  love  have  knows, 

And  live  to  Christ,  and  die  : 
To  the  New  Jerusalem 

He  our  faithful  Guide  shall  be ; 
Him  we  claim,  and  rest  in  him, 

Through  all  eternity. 

231  s.  u. 

Her  confidence  and  security. 
rH0  in  the  Lord  confide, 
And  feel  his  sprinkled  blood, 
In  storms  and  hurricanes  abide 

Firm  as  the  mount  of  God  : 
Steadfast,  and  fix'd,  aud  sure, 

His  Zion  cannot  move : 
His  faithful  people  stand  secura 
In  Jesus'  guardian  love. 

2  As  round  Jerusalem 

The  hilly  bulwarks  rise, 
So  God  protects  and  covers  thera 

From  all  their  enemies. 
On  every  side  he  stands, 

And  for  his  Israel  cares : 
And  safe  in  his  almighty  hands 

Their  Si)uls  forever  bears. 


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144    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

232  s.  m. 

Christ  in  you,  the  hope  of  glory. 
YT^HERE  is  the  Hebrews'  God, 
T>     Who  kept  thftn  night  and  day? 
Where  is  the  heavenly  fire  and  cloud, 
Which  show-d  thy  Church,  their  way  J 

2  No  symbol  visible 

We  of  thy  presence  find  ; 
Yet  all  who  would  obey  thy  will 
Shall  know  their  Father's  mind. 

3  Yes,  Lord,  thou  still  dost  lead 
The  children  of  thy  grace, 

The  chosen,  the  believing  seed," 
Through  this  vast  wild- 

4  Our  chart,  thy  written  Word; 
The  Holy  Ghost,  our  guide ; 

And  Christ,  our  gli  rious  risen  Lord, 
Doth  in  our  hearts  reside. 

233  9th  P.  M.  87,  8T,  81,  81. 

God  is  in  the  midst  of  her. 

GLORIOUS  things  of  thee  are  spoken* 
'/.'•  u.  city  (  f  otir  God  ; 
He,  whose  word  cannot  be  broken, 
ForrnM  thee  for  his  own  abode;  - 
On  the  Rock  of  ages  founded, 

What  can  shake  thy  son  repose  J 
With  salvation's  wails  surrounded, 

Thou  may'st  smile  at  all  thy  lues. 
2  See,  the  streams  of  living  waters, 

-i  1  -ve, 
Still  m.,  and  daughters, 

And  all  fear  of  want  remove  : 

I  faint  while  such  a  river 
Ever  Hows  our  thirst  to'  assuage  > 
Grace,  which,  like  the  L->rd,  the  giver, 
Never  fails  from  age  to  age. 


THE  CHURCH.  145 

8  Round  each  habitation  hov'ring, 

See  the  cloud  and  fire  appear! 
For  a  glory  and  a  cov'ring, 

Showing  that  the  Lord  is  near : 
He  who  gives  us  daily  inanna, 

He  who  listens  when  we  cry, 
Let  him  hear  the  loud  Hosanna 

Rising  to  his  throne  on  high. 

234  l.  M. 

Put  on  thy  beautiful  garments,  0  Jerusalem. 

AWAKE,  Jerusalem,  awake, — 
No  longer  in  thy  sins  lie  down : 
The  garment  of  salvation  take  ; 
Thy  beauty  and  thy  strength  put  on. 

2  Shake  off  the  dust  that  blinds  thy  sight, 
And  hides  the  promise  from  thine  eyes ; 

Arise,  and  struggle  into  light; 
The  great  Dellv'rer  calls, — Arise ! 

3  Shake  off  the  bands  of  sad  despair ; 
Zion,  assert  thy  liberty ; 

Look  up,  thy  broken  heart  prepare, 
And  God  shall  set  the  captive  free. 

4  Vessels  of  mercy,  sons  of  grace, 
Be  purged  from  every  sinful  stain ; 

Be  like  your  Lord,  his  word  embrace, 
Nor  bear  his  hallow'd  name  in  vain. 

235  l.  m. 

The  heavenly  Zion. 

ARM  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake ! 
Thine  own  immortal  strength  put  on  ! 
"With  terror  clothed,  hell's  kingdom  shake, 

And  cast  thy  foes  with  fury  down. 
2  As  in  the  ancient  days  appear ! 

(The  sacred  annals  speak  thy  fame  j) 
Be  now  omnipotently  near, 
To  endless  ages  still  the  same. 


14G    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

3  By  death  and  hell  pursued  in  vain, 

To  thee  the  ransoin'd  seed  shall  come ; 
Shouting,  their  heavenly  Zicm  gain, 
And  pass  through  death  triumphant  hoiae. 

4  The  pain  of  life  shall  then  be  o'er, 
The  anguish  and  distracting  care  •, 

There  sighing  grief  shall  weep  no  more, 
And  sin  shall  never  enter  there. 

236  8th  P.  M.  87,  87,  47. 

Her  enemies  confounded. 

ZION  stands  with  hills  surrounded, 
Zion,  kept  by  power  divine  : 
AH  her  foes  shall  be  confounded, 
Though  the  world  in  arms  combine : . 


2  Every  human  tie  may  perish ; 
Friend  to  friend  unfaithful  prove; 

Mothers  cease  their  own  to  cherish  ; 
Heaven  and  earth  at  last  remove; 

But  no  changes 
Can  attend  Jehovah's  love. 

3  In  the  fimiace  God  may  prove  thee. 
Thence  to  bring  thee  forth  more  bright, 

But  can  never  cease  to  love  thee ; 
Thou  art  precious  in  his  sight: 

God  is  with  thee, — 
God,  thine  everlasting  light. 

237  s.  m. 

Love  for  Zion. 

I  LOVE  thy  kingdom,  Lord,— 
The  house  of  thine  abode, — 
The  Church  our  blest  Redeemer  saved 
With  his  own  precious  bio  d. 


THE  CHURCH.  147 


2  I  love  thy  Church,  O  God ! 
Her  walls  before  thee  stand, 

Dear  as  the  apple  of  thine  eye, 
And  graven  on  thy  hand. 

3  For  her  my  tears  shall  fall ; 
For  her  my  prayers  ascend ; 

To  her  my  cares  and  toils  be  given, 
Till  toils  and  cares  shall  end. 

4  Beyond  my  highest  joy 

I  prize  her  heavenly  ways  ; 
Her  sweet  communion,  solemn  vows, 
Her  hymns  of  love  and  praise. 

5  Sure  as  thy  truth  shall  last, 
To  Zion  shall  be  given 

The  brightest  glories  earth  can  yield, 
And  brighter  bliss  of  heaven. 


238  9th  P.  M.  87,  87  87,  87. 

God  her  everlasting  light. 

TTEAR  what  God  the  Lord  hath  spoken : 
H  O  my  people,  faint  and  few, 
Comfortless,  afflicted,  broken, 

Fair  abodes  I  build  for  you  : 
Scenes  of  heartfelt  tribulation 

Shall  no  more  perplex  your  ways ; 
You  shall  name  your  walls  salvation, 

And  your  gates  shall  all  be  praise. 

2  Ye,  no  more  your  suns  descending, 

Waning  moons  no  more  shall  see ; 
But,  your  griefs  forever  ending, 

Find  eternal  noon  in  me  : 
God  shall  rise,  and,  shining  o'er  yon, 

Change  to  day  the  gloom  of  night ; 
He,  the  Lord,  shall  be  your  glory — 

God  your  everlasting  light. 


148  INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 


THE    SABBATH. 

239  1st  P.M.  6  lines  8s. 
The  day  consecrated. 

GREAT  God,  this  hallow'd  day  of  thine 
Demands  our  souls'  collected*  powers ; 
May  we  employ  in  works  divine 

These  solemn  and  devoted  hours  : 
O  may  our  souls,  adoring,  own 
The  grace  which  calls  us  to  thy  throne. 
2  Hence,  ye  vain  cares  and  trifles,  fly ! 

Where  God  resides  appear  no  more  1 
Omniscient  Lord,  thy  piercing  eye 

Doth  every  secret*  thought  explore  : 
O  may  thy  grace  our  thoughts  refine, 
And  tix  our  hearts  on  things  divine ! 

240  c.  M. 

The  day  improved. 

THIS  day  the  Lord  hath  call'd  his  own ; 
Let  us  his  praise  declare, 
Fix  our  desires  on  him  alone, 

And  seek  his  face  with  prayer. 
8  Lord,  in  thy  love  we  would  rejoice, 

Which  sets'  the  sinner  tree, 
And,  with  united  heart  and  voice, 

Devote  these  hours  to  thee. 
S  Now  let  the  world's  delusive  things 

No  more  our  tlwughts  employ, 
But  faith  be  taught  to  stretch  her  wings, 

Tow'rd  heaven's  unfailing  joy. 
4  0  let  these  earthly  Sabbaths,  Lord, 

Be  to  our  welfare  blest; 
The  purest  comfort  here  afford, 

And  tit  us  for  our  rest. 


THE  SABBATH.  149 

341  L.  M. 

The  joys  of  the  Sabbath. 

SWEET  is  the  -work,  my  God,  my  King, 
To  praise  thy  name,  give  thanks,  and  sing ; 
To  show  thy  love  by  morning  light, 
And  talk  of  all  thy  truth  by  night. 

2  Sweet  is  the  day  of  sacred  rest; 

Ko  mortal  cares  shall  seize  my  breast ; 
O  may  my  heart  in  tune  be  found, 
Like  David's  harp  of  solemn  sound. 

3  When  grace  has  purified  my  heart, 
Then  I  shall  share  a  glorious  part : 
And  fresh  supplies  of  joy  be  shed, 
Like  holy  oil  to  cheer  my  head. 

4  Then  shall  I  see,  and  hear,  and  know 
All  I  desired  or  wish'd  below; 

And  every  power  find  sweet  employ 
In  that  eternal  wTorld  of  joy. 

242  s.  m. 

Delight  in  ordinances. 
•UTELCOME,  sweet  day  of  rest, 
IV     That  saw  the  Lord  arise  : 
Welcome  to  this  reviving  breast, 
And  these  rejoicing  eyes ! 

2  The  King  himself  comes  near, 
And  feasts  his  saints  to-day  ; 

Here  we  may  sit,  and  see  him  here, 
And  love,  and  praise,  and  pray. 

3  One  day  in  such  a  place, 
Where  thon,  my  God,  art  seen, 

Is  sweeter  than  ten  thousand  days 
Of  pleasurable  sin. 

4  My  willing  soul  would  stay 
In  such  a  frame  as  this, 

And  sit  and  sing  herself  away 
To  everlasting  bliss. 


150    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

243  •  l-  m. 

In  the  Sanctuary. 

FAR  fvom  my  thoughts,  vain  world,  be  gone, 
Let  my  religious  hours  alone ; 
Fain  would  mine  eyes  my  Saviour  see ; 

1  wait  a  visit,  Lord,  from  thee. 

2  O  warm  my  heart  with  holy  fire, 
And  kindle  there  a  pure  desire : 
Come,  sacred  Spirit,  from  above. 
And  fill  my  soul  with  heavenly  love. 

3  Blest  Saviour,  what  delicious  fare ! 
How  sweet  thine  entertainments  arei 
Never  did  angels  taste  above 
Redeeming  grace  and  dying  love. 

4  Hail,  great  Immamiel,  all  divine '. 
In  thee  thy  Father's  glories  shine ; 
Thy  glorious  name  shall  be  adored, 
And  every  tongue  confess  thee  Lord. 

244  c.  m. 

We  will  rejoice  and  be  glad  in  it. 

THIS  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made : 
O  earth,  rejoice  and  sing ; 
Let  songs  of  triumph  hail  the  mom ; 
Hosanna  to  our  King! 

2  The  Stone  the  builders  set  at  naught, 
That  Stone  has  now  become 

The  sure  foundation,  and  the  strength. 
Of  Zion's  heavenly  dome. 

3  Christ  is  that  stone,  rejected  once, 
And  number'd  with  the  slain : 

Now  raised  in  glory,  o'er  his  Church 
Eternally  to  reign. 

4  This  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made; 

■  h,  rejoice  and  sing: 
With  Bonga  of  triumph  hail  the  mom; 
H  winna  to  our  King  I 


THE  SABBATH.  151 

245  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  8s, 

Joyful  homage. 

AWAKE,  ye  saints,  awake ! 
And  hail  this  sacred  day : 
In  loftiest  songs  of  praise 
Your  joyful  homage  pay: 
Come  bless  the  day  that  God  hath  blest, 
The  type  of  heaven's  eternal  rest. 

2  On  this  auspicious  mom. 
The  Lord  of  life  arose ; 

He  burst  the  bars  of  death, 
And  vanquished  all  our  foes ; 
And  now  ha  pleads  our  cause  above, 
And  reaps  the  fruit  of  all  his  love. 

3  All  hail,  triumphant  Lord ! 
Heaven  with  hosannas  rings, 

And  earth,  in  humbler  strains, 
Thy  praise  responsive  sings  : 
Worthy  the  Lamb,  that  cnce  was  slain, 
Through  endless  years  to  live  and  reign. 

24G  c.  m. 

The  type  of  everlasting  rest. 

COAIE,  let  us  join  with  one  accord 
In  hymns  around  the  throne ; 
This  is  the  day  our  rising  Lord 
Hath  made  and  call'd  his  own. 

2  This  is  the  day  which  God  hath  blest, 
The  brightest  of  the  seven, 

Type  of  that  everlasting  rest 
The  saints  enjoy  in  heaven. 

3  Then  let  us  in  his  name  sing  on, 
And  hasten  to  that  day 

When  our  Redeemer  shall  come  down, 
And  shadows  pass  away. 


152    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

4  Not  one,  but  all  our  days  below, 

Let  us  in  hymns  employ ; 
And,  in  our  Lord  rejoicing,  go 

To  his  eternal  joy. 

247  i>.  m. 

Pledge  of  endless  rest. 

EETURN,  my  soul,  enjoy  thy  rest ; 
Improve  the  day  thy  God  hath  blest : 
Another  six  days'  work  is  done ; 
Another  Sabbath  is  begun. 

2  O  that  our  thoughts  and  thanks  may  rise, 
As  grateful  incense  to  the  skies ; 

And  draw  from  Christ  that  sweet  repose, 
Which  none  but  he  that  feels  it  knows. 

3  This  heavenly  calm  within  the  breast, 
Is  the  dear  pledge  of  glorious  rest, 
Which  for  the  Church  of  God  remains, 
The  end  of  cares,  the  end  of  pains. 

4  In  holy  duties,  let  the  day, 
In  holy  comforts,  pass  away ; 

How  sweet,  a  Sabbath  thus  to  spend, 
In  hope  of  one  that  ne'er  shall  end. 

248  5  th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

Life  and  immortality  brought  to  light. 

DAY  of  God !  thou  blessed  day, 
At  thy  dawn  the  grave  gave  way 
To  the  power  of  Him  within, 
Who  had,  sinless,  bled  for  sin. 

2  Thine  the  radiance  to  illume 
First,  for  man,  the  dismal  tomb, 
When  its  liars  their  weakness  own'd, 
There  revealing  death  dethroned. 

3  Then  the  Sun  of  righteousness 
Rose,  a  darken'd  world  I 
Bringing  up  from  mortal  night 
Immortality  and  light. 


153 


THE  SABBATH. 

4  Day  of  glory,  day  of  power, 

Sacred  be 'thine  every  hour, — 
Emblem,  earnest,  of  the  rest 
That  reinaineth  for  the  blest. 

249  s.  m. 

The  eternal  Sabbath. 

HAIL  to  the  Sabbath-day! 
The  day  divinely  given, 
When  men  to  God  their  homage  pay, 

And  earth  draws  near  to  heaven. 
2  Lord,  in  this  sacred  hour, 

Within  thy  courts  we  bend, 
And  bless  thy  love,  and  own  thy  power, 

Our  Father  and  our  Friend. 
8  But  thou  art  not  alone 

In  courts  by  mortals  trod ; 
Nor  only  is  the  day  thine  own 

When  man  draws  near  to  God  :-*- 

4  Thy  temple  is  the  arch 
Of  yon  unmeasured  sty ; 

Thy  Sabbath,  the  stupendous  march 
Of  vast  eternity. 

5  Lord,  may  that  holier  day 
Dawn  on 'thy  servants'  sight; 

And  purer  worship  may  we  pay 
In  heaven's  unclouded  light. 

250  c-  M- 

In  the  Spirit  on  the  Lord's  day. 


w 


in  thy  Spirit,  Lord, — 
Spirit  of  humble  fear  divine, 

That  trembles  at  thy  word. 
2  Spirit  of  faith,  my  heart  to  raise, 

And  fix  on  things  above  ; 
Spirit  of  sacrifice  and  praise, 

01'  holiness  and  love. 


154     INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 
231  L.  It 

Anticipating  the  heavenly  Sabbath. 

LORD  of  the  Sabbath,  hear  ns  pray, 
In  this  thy  house,  on  this  thy' 
And  own,  as  grateful  sacrifice, 
The  songs  which  from  thy  servants  rise. 
2  Thine  earthly  Sabbaths,  Lord,  we  love, 
But  there  's  a  ncbler  rest  above  ; 
To  that  our  lab'ring  souls  aspire, 
With  ardent  hope,  and  strong  desire. 
S  No  more  fatigue,  no  more  distress, 
Nor  sin  nor  hell  shall  reach  the  place ; 
No  sighs  shall  mingle  with  the  songs, 
Which  warble  from  immortal  tongues. 

4  No  rude  alarms  of  raging  foes ; 
No  cares  to  break  the  long  repose ; 
No  midnight  shade,  no  clouded  sun ; 
But  sacred,  high,  eternal  noon. 

5  O  long-expected  day,  begin ; 
Dawn  on  these  realms  of  wo  and  sin  : 
Fain  would  we  leave  this  weary  road, 
And  sleep  in  death,  to  rest  with"  Gcd. 

252  s.  M. 

Joyful  in  the  house  of  prayer 

GLAD  was  my  heart  to  hear 
My  old  companions  sav, — 
Come,"  in  the  house  of  Gcd  appear ; 
For  'tis  a  holy  day. 

2  Thither  the  tribes  repair, 
Where  all  are  wont  to  meet ; 

And,  joyful  in  the  house  of  prayer, 
Bend  at  the  mercy-seat. 

3  Brav  for  Jerusalem, 
The  citv  of  our  God  ! 

Lord,  send  thv  blessings  down  tc  them 
That  love  the  dear  Abode ! 


BAPTISM.  155 

4  Within  these  walls,  may  peace 
And  harmony  be  found ! 

Zion,  in  all  thy  palaces, 
Prosperity  abound ! 

5  For  friends  and  brethren  dear, 
Our  prayer  shall  never  cease  : 

Oft  as  they  meet  for  worship  here, 
God  send  hia  people  peace ! 


BAPTISM. 

253  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  8s. 

In  the  name  of  the  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost. 
JAPTIZED  into  thy  name, 


BJ 


Mysterious  One  in  Three, 
Our  souls  and  bodies  claim 
A  sacrifice  to  thee  : 
And  let  us  live  our  faith  to  pr«>ve, 
The  faith  which  works  by  humble  love. 
2  0  that  our  light  may  shine, 

And  all  our  lives  express 
The  character  divine, 
The  real  holiness ; 
And  then  receive  us  up  to'  adore 
The  triune  God  forever  more. 

254  c.  m. 

The  covenant  with  Abraham. 


HO~V?  large  the  promise,  how  divine, 
To  Abrah'm  and  his  seed, — 

1  am  a  God  to  thee  and  thine, 
Supplying  all  their  need. 

2  The  words  of  his  unbounded  love 
From  age  to  age  endure  ; 

The  Angel  of  the  Cov'nant  proves 
And  seals  the  blessing  sure, 


156    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL, 

3  Jesus  the  ancient  faith  confirms, 
To  our  great  father  given ; 

He  takes  our  children  to  his  anna, 
And  calls  them  heirs  of  heaven. 

4  O  God,  how  faithful  are  thy  ways! 
Thy  love  endures  the  same ; 

Nor  from  the  promise  of  thy  grace 
Blots  out  our  children's  name. 

255  I*  m. 

The  sacramental  seal. 

COME,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Honour  the  means  ordain'd  by  thee ; 
Wake  good  our  apostolic  boast, 

And  own  thy  glorious  ministry. 
2  We  now  thy  promised  presence  claim ; 

Sent  to  disciple  all  mankind, — 
Sent  to  baptize  into  thy  name, — 

We  now  thy  promised  presence  find. 
8  Father,  in  these  reveal  thy  Son ; 

In  these,  for  whom  we  seek  thy  face, 
The  hidden  mystery  make  known, 

The  inward,' pure,  baptizing  grace. 

4  Jesus,  with  us  thou  always  art ; 
Effectual  make  the  sacred  sign; 

The  gift  unspeakable  impart, 
And  bless  the  ordinance  divine. 

5  Eternal  Spirit,  from  on  high, 
Baptizer  of  our  spirits  thou, 

The  sacramental  seal  apply, 
'And  witness  with  the  water  now. 

256  c.  m. 

Suffer  the  little  children  to  come  vnto  me, 

SEK  Israel's  gentle  Shepherd  etaiu'.a 
With  all-engaging  charms; 
Hark,  how  he  calls  the  tender  lambs, 
And  folds  them  in  his  arms. 


BAPTISM.  157 

2  Permit  them  to  approach,  he  cries, 

Nor  scorn  their  humble  name  ; 
For  'twas  to  bless  such  souls  as  these 

The  Lord  of  angels  came. 
S  We  bring  them,  Lord,  in  thankful  hands, 

And  yield  them  up  to  thee  ; 
Joyful  that  we  ourselves  are  thine, 

Thine  let  our  oflspring  be. 

257  s.  m. 

God's  gracious  promises. 

OUR  children  thou  dost  claim, 
O  Lord  our  God,  as  thine  : 
Ten  thousand  blessings  to  thy  Name, 

For  goodness  so  divine. 
2  Thee  let  the  fathers  own, 

Thee  let  the  sons  adore ; 
Join'd  to  the  Lord  in  solemn  tows, 

To  be  forgot  no  more. 
8  How  great  thy  mercies,  Lord ! 

How  plenteous  is  thy  grace, 
"Which,  in  the  promise  of  thy  love, 

Includes  our  rising  race. 
4  Our  offspring,  still  thy  care, 

Shall  own  their  father's  God ; 
To  latest  times  thy  blessings  share, 

And  sound  thy  praise  abroad. 

258  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 
Little  ones  brought  to  Jesus. 

TESUS,  kind,  inviting  Lord, 
O   We  with  joy  obey  thy  word, 
And  in  earliest  infancy 
Bring  our  little  ones  to  thee. 
2  Bom  they  are,  as  we,  in  sin ; 
Make  the'  unconscious  lepers  clean  J 
Purchase  of  thy  blood  they  are,— 
Let  thera.  in  thy  glory  share. 


158     INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

259  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

The  Spirit's  hallowing  seal. 

GOD  of  eteni.il  truth  and  love, 
Vouchsafe  the  promised  aid  we  claim, 
Thine  own  great  ordinance  approve  ; 
The  child,  baptized  into  thy  name, 
Partaker  of  thy  nature  make, 
And  give  him  all  thine  image  back. 

2  Father,  if  such  thy  sov'reign  will, 
If  Jesus  did  the  rite  enjoin, 

Annex  thy  hall'wing  Spirit's  seal, 

And  let  thy  grace  attend  the  sign  : 
The  seed  of  endless  life  impart ; 
Take  for  thine  own  this  infant's  heart. 

3  Answer  on  him  thy  wisdom's  end, 
In  present  and  eternal  good ; 

Whate'er  thou  didst  for  man  intend, 

Whiite'er  thou  hast  on  man  bestow'd, 
Now  to  this  favour'd  child  be  given, 
Pardon,  and  holiness,  and  heaven. 

260  s.  m. 

A  blessing  on  the  ordinance. 

GREAT  God,  now  condescend 
To  bless  our  rising  race  j 
Soon  may  their  willing  spirits  bend, 
The  subjects  of  thy  grace. 

2  O  what  a  pure  delight 
Their  happiness  to  see; 

Our  warmest  wishes  all  unite, 
To  lead  their  souls  to  thee. 

3  N«JW  bless,  thou  God  of  love, 
This  ordinance  divine; 

Send  thy  good  Spirit  from  above, 
And  make  these  children  thine. 


BAPTISM. 


159 


261  c.  m. 

Children  in  the  arms  of  Jesus. 

BEHOLD  what  condescending  love 
Jesus  on  earth  displays ' — 
To  babes  and  sucklings  he  extends 
The  riches  of  his  grace. 

2  He  still  the  ancient  promise  keeps, 
To  our  forefathers  given  ; 

Young  children  in  his  arms  he  takes, 
And  calls  them  heirs  of  heaven. 

3  Forbid  them  not,  whom  Jesus  calls, 
Nor  dare  the  claim  resist, 

Since  his  own  lips  to  us  declare 
Of  such  will  heaven  consist. 

4  With  flowing  tears,  and  thankful  hearts, 
We  give  them  up  to  thee  ; 

Receive  them,  Lord,  into  thine  arms; 
Thine  may  they  ever  be. 

362  c- M- 

Baptized  into  His  death. 
TESTIS,  we  lift  our  souls  to  thee ; 
O   Thy  Holy  Spirit  breathe, 
And  let  this  little  infant  be 
Baptized  into  thy  death. 

2  O  let  thine  unction  on  him  rest, 
Thy  grace  his  soul  renew, 

And  write  within  his  tender  breast 
Thy  name  and  nature  too. 

3  If  thou  shouldst  quickly  end  his  days, 
Sis  place  with  thee  prepare ; 

And  if  thou  lengthen  out  his  race, 
Continue  still  thy  care. 

4  Thy  faithful  servant  let  him  prove, 
Begirt  with  truth  divine  ; 

A  sharer  in  thy  dying  love, 
A  follower  of  thine, 


160    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 


THE   LORD'S  SUPPER. 

263  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

Its  institution. 

IN  that  sad,  memorable  night, 
When  Jesus  was  for  us  betray'd, 
He  left  his  death-recording  rite  : 

He  took,  and  blest,  and  brake  the  bread 
And  gave  his  own  thc-ir  last  bequest, 
And  thus  his  love's  intent  express'd: — 

2  Take,  eat,  this  is  my  body,  given 
To  purchase  life  and  peace  for  yon — 

Pardon,  and  holiness,  and  heaven': 
Do  this,  my  dying  love  to  shot*  : 

Accept  your  precious  legacy. 

And  thus,  my  friends,  remember  me. 

8  He  took  into  his  hands  the  cup, 
To  crown  the  sacramental  feast, 

And,  full  of  kind  concern,  look'd  up, 
And  gave  to  them  what  he  had  blest; 

And, — Drink  ye  all  of  this, — he  said, — 

In  solemn  mem'ry  of  the  dead. 

4  This  is  my  blood,  which  seals  the  new 
Eternal  cov'nant  of  my  grace  : 

My  blood,  so  freely  shed  for  you, 
j'or  you  and  all  the  sinful  race : 

My  blood,  that  speaks  your  sins  forgiven, 

And  justifies  your  claini  to  heaven, 

264  c.  m. 


IiHAT  doleful  night  before  his  death, 
.   The  Lamb,  for  sinners  slain, 
Did,  almost  with  his  dying  breath, 
This  soleaic  feast  ordain 


THE  LORD'S  STTPTER.        1G1 

2  To  keep  the  feast,  Lord,  \re  have  met, 
And  to  remember  thee : 

Help  each  poor  trembler  to  repeat, — 
For  me  he  died,  for  me! 

3  Thy  suff'rings,  Lord,  each  sacred  siga 
To  our  remembrance  brings  -. 

We  eat  the  bread,  and  drink  the  -wine, 
But  think  on  nobler  things. 

4  O  tune  our  tongues,  and  set  in  frame 
Each  heart  that  pants  for  thee, 

To  sing, — Hosanna  to  the  Lamb, 
The  Lamb  that  died  for  me ! 

265  a  jl 

Approaching  the  table. 
TESLS,  at  whose  supreme  command, 
«J   We  now  approach  to  God, 
Before  us  in  thy  vesture  stand, 
Thy  vesture  dipp'd  in  blood. 

2  Now,  Saviour,  now  thyself  reveal, 
And  make  thy  nature  known ; 

Affix  thy  blessed  Spirit's  seal, 
And  stamp  us  for  thine  own. 

3  The  tokens  of  thy  dying  love, 
O  let  us  all  receive, 

And  feel  the  quiek'nirig  Spirit  move, 
And  sensibly  believe. 

4  The  cup  of  blessing,  biest  by  thee, 
Let  it  thy  blocd  impart ; 

The  bread  "thy  mystic  body  be, 
To  eheer  each  languid  heart. 

6  The  living  bread  sent  down  from  heaven 

In  us  vouchsafe  to  be  : 
Thy  flesh  for  all  the  world  is  given, 

And  all  may  live  by  thee. 

6 


162  INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

266  c.  m. 

The  invitation. 

THE  King  of  heaven  bis  table  spreads, 
And  blessings  crown  the  board; 
Not  Paradise,  with  all  its  joys, 

Could  such  delight  afford. 
2  Pardon  and  peace  to  dying  men, 

And  endless  life  are  given, 
Through  the  rich  blood  that  Jesus  sbetl, 

To  raise  our  souls  to  heaven. 

a  of  souls,  in  glory  now, 

Were  fed  and  feasted  here ; 
And  millions  more,  still  on  the  way, 

Around  the  board  appear. 
4  All  things  are  ready,  come  away, 

Nor  weak  excuses  frame; 
Crowd  to  your  places  at  the  feast, 

And  bless  the  Founder's  nams. 

267  s.  rvj. 

Our  Paschal  Lamb. 

LET  all  who  truly  bear 
The  bleeding  Saviour's  name, 
Their  faithful  hearts  with  us  prepare, 
And  eat  the  Paschal  Lamb. 

2  This  eucharistio  feast. 
Our  every  want  supplies, 

And  still  we  by  his  death  are  blest, 
And  share  his  sacrifice. 

3  "Who  thus  our  faith  employ, 
His  suffriugs  to 

E'en  now  we  mournfully  enjoy 
Communi"n  with  our  Lord. 

4  We  too  with  him  are  dead, 
And  shall  with  him  arise ; 

The  cross  on  which  he  bows  bis  head 
Shall  lift  us  ^  the  skies. 


THE  LORD'S  SUPPER.         163 

288  c' M- 

Grateful  remembrance. 

ACCORDING  to  thy  gracious  word, 
In  meek  humility, 
This  will  I  do,  my  dying  Lord, — 
I  will  remember  thee. 

2  Thy  body,  broken  for  my  sake, 
My  bread  from  heaven  shall  be  ; 

Thy  testamental  cup  I  take, 
And  thus  remember  thee. 

3  Gethsemane  can  I  forget? 
Or  there  thy  conflict  see, 

Thine  agony  and  bloody  sweat, 
And  not  remember  thee  % 

4  When  to  the  cross  I  turn  mine  eyes, 
And  rest  on  Calvary, 

0  Lamb  of  God,  my  Sacrifice, 
I  must  remember  thee ! 

5  Remember  thee  and  all  thy  pains, 
And  all  thy  love  to  me  ; 

Yea,  while  a  breath,  a  pulse  remains, 
Will  I  remember  thee. 

6  And  when  these  failing  lips  grow  dumb, 
And  mind  and  mem'ry  flee, 

When  thou  shalt  in  thy  kingdom  come, 
Jesus,  remember  me. 

269  s.  m. 

The  opened  Fountain. 

CALL'D  from  above,  I  rise, 
And  wash  away  my  sin ; 
The  stream  to  which  my  spirit  flies, 

Can  make  the  foulest  clean. 
2  It  runs  divinely  clear, 

A  fountain  deep  and  wide  : 
'Twas  open'd  by  the  soldier's  spear, 
In  my  Redeemer's  side. 


1G4    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

270  c.  m. 

Gratitude  and  love. 

IF  human  kindness  meets  return, 
And  owns  the  grateful  tie ; — 
If  tender  thoughts  within  us  burn 
To  feel  .1  friend  is  nigh  ; — 

2  O,  shall  not  warmer  accents  tell 
The  gratitude  we  owe 

To  Him  who  died  our  fears  to  quell, 
And  save  from  endless  wo? 

3  While  yet  in  anguish  he  survey M 
Those  pangs  he  would  not  Bee. 

What  love  his  latest  words  display "d  !— 
Meet  and  remember  me. 

4  Remember  thee '.  thy  death.,  thy  shame, 
The  griefs  which  thou  didst  bear ! 

O  mem'ry,  leave  no  other  name 
So  deeply  graven  there. 

271  i-  M. 

Figure  and  means  of  saving  grace. 

ATJTHOFv  of  our  salvation,  thee, 
With  lowly,  thankful  hearts,  we  praise ; 
Author  of  this 'great  mystery, — 
Figure  and  means  of  saving  grace. 

2  The  sacred,  true,  effectual  sign. 
Thy  body  and  thy  blood  it  shows; 

The  glorious  instrument  divine, 

Thy  mercy  and  thy  strength  bestows. 

3  We  see  the  blood  thai  seals  our  peace; 
Thy  pard'ning  mercy  we  receive; 

The  bread  doth  visibly  express 
The  strength  through  which  our  spirits  live. 

4  Our  spirits  drink  a  fresh  supply, 
And  cat  the  bread  so  (t<  ely  given, 

Till,  borne  en  ei  fly, 

And  banquet  with  our  Lord  in  heaven. 


THE  LORD'S  SUPPER.        1G5 
2^2  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

Discerning  the  Lord's  body. 
TESTIS,  all-redeeming  Lord, 
O  Magnify  thy  dying  word ; 
In  thine  ordinance  appear; 
Come,  and  meet  thy  foll'wers  here. 

2  In  the  rite  thou  hast  enjoin'd, 
Let  us  now  our  Saviour  find ; 
Drink  thy  Mood  for  sinners  shed, 
Taste  thee  in  the  broken  bread. 

3  Thou  our  faithful  hearts  prepare ; 
Thou  thy  parcPning  grace  declare  : 
Thou  that  hast  for  sinners  died, 

"  Show  thyself  the  Crucified ! 

4  All  the  power  of  sin  remove  ; 
Fill  us  with  thy  perfect  love ; 
Stamp  us  with  the  stamp  divine  ; 
Seal  our  soub  forever  thine. 

273  c.  m. 

Strength  renewed. 

OGOD,  unseen,  yet  ever  near, 
Thy  presence  may  we  feel ; 
And  thus,  inspired  with  holy  fear, 
Before  thy  table  kneel. 

2  Here  may  thy  faithful  people  know 
The  blessings  of  thy  love ; 

The  streams  that  through  the  desert  flow, — 
The  manna  from  above. 

3  We  come,  obedient  to  thy  word, 
To  feast  on  heavenly  food ; 

Our  meat,  the  body  of  the  Lord, 
Our  drink,  his  precious  blood. 

4  Thus  may  we  all  thy  words  obey; 
For  we,  O  God,  are  thine ; 

And  go  rejoicing  on  our  way, 
Renew'd  with  strength  divins. 


1G0    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

274  S.  M. 

The  supper  of  the  Lamb. 

THEE,  King  of  saints,  we  praise 
For  this  our  living  bread; 
Nourisli'd  by  thy  preserving  grace, 
And  at  thy  table  fed. 

2  Yet  stiH  a  higher  seat 
We  in  thy  kingdom  claim, 

Who  here  begin  by  faith  to  eat 
The  supper  of  the  Lamb. 

3  That  glorious,  heavenly  prize, 
We  surely  shall  attain, 

And,  in  the  palace  of  the  skies, 
With  thee  forever  reign. 

275  s.  m. 

Obeying  the  command. 

JESUS,  we  thus  obey 
Thy  last  and  kindest  word; 
Here,  in  thine  own  appointed  way, 
We  come  to  meet  our  Lord. 

2  The  way  thou  hast  enjoin'd, 
Thou  wilt  therein  appear; 

We  come  with  confidence  to  find 
Thy  special  presence  here. 

3  Whate'er  the'  Almighty  can 
To  pardon M  sinners  gi 

The  fulness  of  our  G    1  made  man, 
We  here  with  Christ  receive. 

276  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
The  efficacy  of  the  atoning  blood. 

VICTIM  divine!  thy  grace  we  claim 
While  thus  thy  precious  death  we  show; 
Once  offer'd  up  a  spotless  Lamb, 
In  tliv  great  temple  here  below, 
:  for  all  mankind  atone, 
And  Blandest  now  before  the  throne. 


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the  lord's  supper.      187 

2  Thou  standest  in  the  holiest  place, 
As  now  for  guilty  sinners  slain ; 

The  blood  of  sprinkling  speaks,  and  prays, 

All-prevalent  for  helpless  man ; 
Thy  blood  is  still  our  ransom  found, 
And  speaks  salvation  all  around. 

3  We  need  not  now  go  up  to  heaven 

To  bring  the  long-sought  Saviour  down; 
Thou  art  to  all  already  given, 

Thou  dost  e'en  now  "thy  banquet  crown ; — 
To  every  faithful  soul  appear. 
And  show  thy  real  presence  here. 

277  s.  m. 

A  foretaste  of  glory. 
WHAT  delight  is  this, 
Which  now  in  Christ  we  know, — 
An  earnest  of  our  glorious  bliss, 
Our  heaven  begun  below! 

2  When  He  the  table  spreads, 
How  royal  is  the  cheer ; 

With  rapture  we  lift  up  our  heads, 
And  own  that  God  is  here. 

3  The  Lamb  for  sinners  slain, 
Who  died  to  die  no  more, 

Let  all  the  ransom'd  sons  of  men, 
With  all  his  hosts,  adore. 

4  Let  earth  and  heaven  be  join'd, 
His  glories  to  display, 

And  hymn  the  Saviour  of  mankind 
In  one  eternal  day. 

278  t-  m. 

Rejoicing  at  the  table,  with  godly  sorrow. 

TO  Jesus,  our  exalted  Lord, 
The  Name  by  heaven  and  earth  adored 
Fain  would  our  hearts  and  voices  raise 
A  cheerful  song  of  sacred  praise. 


138     INSTITUTIOXS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

2  Bat  all  the  notes  which  mortals  know, 
Are  weak,  and  languishing,  and  low; 
Far,  far  above  our  humble  songs, 

The  theme  demands  immortal  tongues. 

3  Yet  while  around  his  board  we  meet, 
An  1  humbly  worship  at  his  feet, 

O  let  cur  warm  affections  move. 
In  glad  returns  of  grateful  love  ! 

4  Let  humble,  penitential  wo, 
In  tears  of  godly  sorrow  flow; 
An  1  thy  forgiving  smiles  impart 
Life,  hope,  and  joy  to  every  heart. 

279  9th  P.  M.  87,  87,  87,  8T. 
The  Spirit's  quickening  injiuences. 

COME,  thou  everlasting  Spirit, 
Bring  to  every  thankful  mind 
AH  the  Saviour's  dying  merit. 

All  his  suff  rings  for  mankind : 
True  recorder  of  his  passion, 

Xow  the  living  faith  impart ; 
Js'ow  reveal  his  groat  salvation 

Unto  every  faithful  heart. 
i  Come,  thou  Witness  of  his  dying; 
.  Remembrancer  divine ; 
•  ower  applying 
Christ  to  every  soul,  and  mine  : 
Li  I  us  gr<  an  I  i  duuj; 

grieve; 
All  partal 
All  the  sprinkled  blood  i 

280  s.  M. 

Universal  gladness  and  joy. 
riLORY  to  G  id  on  high, 
\J  Our  |  v.ith  Heaven; 

The  S  down  to  die, 

That  we  might  be  forgiven. 


the  lord's  supper.       189 

2  His  precious  Mood  was  shed, 
His  body  bruised,  for  sin : 

Remember  this  in  eating  bread, 
And  this  in  drinking  wine. 

3  Approach  his  royal  board, 
In  his  rich  garments  clad ; 

Join  every  tongue  to  praise  the  Lord, 
And  every  heart  be  glad. 

4  The  Father  gives  the  Son ; 
The  Son,  his'flesh  and  blood : 

The  Spirit  seals ;  and  faith  puts  on 
The  righteousness  of  God. 

281  9th  P.  M.  87,  87,  87,  87. 

The  heavenly  banquet. 
TESTJS  spreads  his  banner  o'er  us, 
»J   Cheers  our  famish 'd  sou's  with  food; 
pie  the  banquet  spreads  before  us, 

Of  his  mystic  flesh  and  blood. 
Precious  banquet ;  bread  of  heaven ; 

"Wine  of  gladness,  flowing  free  ; 
May  we  taste  it,  kindly  given, 

In  remembrance,  Lord,  of  thee. 
2  In  thy  holy  incarnation, 

When  the  angels  sang  thy  birth ; 
In  thy  fasting  and  temptation  ; 

In  thy  labours  on  the  earth ; 
In  thy  trial  and  rejection ; 

In  thy  suff 'ring3  on  the  tree ; 
In  thy  glorious  resurrection ; 

May  we,  Lord,  remember  thee. 

2§2  Eth  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

Pa  rdon — gra  ce — glory, 

SONS  of  God,  triumphant  rise  ; 
Shout  the'  accomplish'd  sacrifice; 
Shout  your  sins  in  Christ  forgiven, — 
Sons  of  God,  and  heirs  of  heaven. 


170    INSTITUTIONS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

2  Love's  mysterious  work  is  done; 
Greet  we  now  the'  atoning  Son ; 
Heal'd  and  qnicken'd  by  his  blood, 
Join'd  to  Christ,  and  one  with  God. 

S  Him  by  faith  we  taste  below, 
Mightier  joys  ordain 'd  to  know; 
When  his  utmost  grace  we  prove, 
Rise  to  heaven  by  perfect  love. 


283  12th  P.  M.  76,  16,  18,  16. 

For  a  parting  blessing. 

LAMB  of  God,  whose  dying  love 
"We  now  recall  to  mind, 

Send  the  answer  from  above, 

And  let  us  mercy  find  : 
Think  on  us  who  think  on  thee, 

And  every  struggling  soul  release  ; 
O  remember  Calvary, 

And  bid  us  go  in  peace ! 

2  By  thine  agonizing  pain, 

And  bloody  sweat,  we  pray, — 
By  thy  dying  love  to  man,— 

Take  all  our  sius  away  : 
Burst  our  bonds,  and  set  us  free; 

From  all  iniquity  release  ; 
O  remember  Calvary, 

And  bid  us  go  in  peace ! 

3  Let  thy  blood,  by  faith  applied, 

The  siim.-r's  pardon  seal ; 
Speak  us  freely  justified. 
And  all  our  sickness  heal : 

: 

Let  all  our  griefs  and  troubles  cease; 

ber  Calvary, 
And  bid  us  go  in  peace ! 


PROVISIONS  AND  PROMSES  OF 
THE  GOSPEL. 


284  10th  P.  M.  8  lines  8s. 

The  fountain  of  living  waters. 

A  FOUNTAIN  of  life  and  of  grace 
In  Christ,  our  Redeemer,  ive  see  : 
For  us,  who  his  offers  embrace, 

For  all,  it  is  open  and  free  : 
Jehovah,  himself,  doth  invite 

To  drink  of  his  pleasures  unknown  : 
The  streams  of  immortal  delight. 

That  flow  from  his  heavenly  throne. 
2  As  soon  as  in  him  we  believe, 

By  faith  of  his  Spirit  we  take  : 
And,  freely  forgiven,  receive 

The  mercy  for  Jesus's  sake ! 
We  gain  a  pure  drop  of  his  love ; 

The  life  of  eternity  know  ; 
Angelical  happiness  prove, 

And  witness  a  heaven  below. 

285  C.  m. 

All-sufficiency  of  the  gospel. 

THE  gospel!  O,  what  endless  charms 
Dwell  m  that  blissful  sound  ; 
Its  influence  every  fear  disarms, 
And  spreads  delight  around. 

2  Here  pardon,  life,  and  joy  divine, 
In  rich  effusion  flow, 

For  guilty  rebels,  lost  in  sin, 
And  doom'd  to  endless  wo. 

3  The'  almighty  Former  of  the  skies 
Stoops  to  our  vile  abode ; 

While  angels  view  with  wond'ring  eyes, 
And  hail  the'  incarnate  God. 


t  i  <Z    PROVISIONS  AND  PROMISES 

4  How  rich  the  depths  of  love  divine ! 
Of  bliss  a  boundless  store  ! 

Redeemer,  let  me  call  thee  mine, — 
Thy  fulness  I  implore. 

5  On  thee  alone  my  hope  relies; 
Beneath  thy  cross  I  fall ; 

My  Lord,  my  life,  my  sacrifice, 
My  Saviour,  and  my  all ! 

286  s.  m. 

Our  debt  paid  upon  the  cross. 

WHAT  majesty  and  grace 
Through  all  the  gospel  shine! 
'Ti9  God  that  speaks,  and  we  confess 
The  doctrine  mr>st  divine. 

2  Down  from  his  throne  on  high, 
The  mighty  Saviour  comes; 

Lays  his  bright  i<>bes  of  glory  by, 
Aud  feeble  flesh  assumes. 

3  The  debt  that  sinners  owed, 
Upon  the  cross  he  pays  : 

Then  through  the  clouds  ascends  to  God, 
'Midst  shouts  of  loftiest  praise. 

4  There  our  High  Priest  appears, 
Bef  re  his  Father's  throne; 

with  our  tears, 
And  pours  salvation  down. 

5  Great  Sov'reign,  we  adore 
TLy  justice  aud  thy  grace. 

And  "on  thy  faithfulness  and  power 
Our  firm  dependence  place. 

287  *•  M- 

The  divine  Teacher. 

HOW  sweetly  flow'd  the  Gospel's  sound 
From  lins  of  gentleness  ana  9 
While  lisfning  thousands  gfttherM  round, 
And  joy  and  rev'rence  fill'd  the  place. 


OF  THE  GOSPEL.  173 

2  From  heaven  he  came,  of  heaven  he  spoke, 
To  heaven  he  led  his  foll'wers'  way ; 

Dark  clouds  of  jjlooriy  night  he  broke, 
Unveiling  an  immortal  day. 

3  Come,  wand'rers,  to  my  Father's  heme ; 
Come,  all  ye  weary  ones,  and  rest. 

Yes,  sacred  Teacher  1  we  will  come, 
Obey,  and  be  forever  blest. 

4  Decay,  then,  tenements  of  dust! 
Pillars  of  earthly  pride,  decay ! 

A  nobler  mansion  waits  the  just, 
And  Jesus  has  prepared  the  way. 

288  s.  m. 

All-sufficient  grace. 

(T R ACE!  'tis  a  charming  sound, 
T  Harmonicas  to  the  ear ; 
Heaven  with  the  echo  shall  resound, 
And  all  the  earth  shall  hear. 

2  Grace  first  contrived  a  way 
To  save  rebellions  man; 

And  all  the  steps  that  grace  display, 
Which  drew  the  wondrous  plan." 

3  Grace  taught  my  roving  feet 
To  tread  the  heavenly  road ; 

And  new  supplies  each  hour  I  meet, 
"While  pressing  on  to  God. 

4  Grace  all  the  work  shall  crown, 
Through  everlasting  days ; 

It  lays  in  heaven  the  topmost  stone, 
And  well  deserves  our  praise. 

289  c.  m. 

The  wonders  of  redemption. 

HOW  great  the  wisdom,  power,  and  grace 
Which  in  redemption  shine  : 
The  heavenly  host  with  joy  confess 
The  work  is  all  divine. 


174    PROVISIONS  AND  PROMISES 

2  Before  hi3  feet  they  east  their  crowns,— 
Those  crowns  which  Jesus  gave, — 

And,  with  ten  thousand  thousand  tongues, 
Proclaim  his  power  to  save. 

3  They  tell  the  triumphs  of  his  cross, 
The'sufTrings  which  he  bore  ; 

How  low  he  stonp'd,  how  high  he  rose, — 
Arid  rose  to  stoop  no  more. 

4  With  them  let  us  our  voices  raise, 
And  still  the  song  renew ; 

Salvation  well  deserves  the  praise 
Of  men  and  angels  too. 

290  C.  m. 

Efficacy  of  the  atoning  blood. 

THERE  is  a  fountain  fill'd  with  blood, 
Drawn  from  Emmanuel's  veins ; 
And  sinners,  plunged  beneath  that  flood, 
Lose  all  their  guilty  stains. 

2  The  living  thief  rejoiced  to  6ee 

That  fountain  in  his  day; 
And  there  may  I,  though  vile  as  he, 

Wash  all  my  sin*  away. 

5  Thou  dying  Lamb)  thy  precious  blood 
Shall  never  lose  its  power, 

Till  all  the  ransom'd  Church  of  God 
Are  saved,  to  sin  no  more. 

4  E'er  since,  by  faith,  I  saw  the  stream 

Thy  flowing  wounds  supply, 
Rt'il.  n  my  theme, 

And  shall  be,  till  I  die. 

6  Then  in  a  nobler,  sweeter  song, 
I  '11  sins  thy  power  to  save, 

ping,  Btamm'ring  tongue, 

Lies  silent  in  the  grave. 


OF  THE  GOSPEL.  I  i 1 

291  ,  C.  M. 

The  joyful  sound. 
C  ALVATION !  0  the  joyful  sound.! 
O  What  pleasure  to  our  ears ; 
A  sov'reign  balm  for  every  wound, 

A  cordial  for  our  fears. 
2  Salvation !  let  the  echo  fly 

The  spacious  earth  around, 
While  all  the  armies  of  the  sky 

Conspire  to  raise  the  sound. 
S  Salvation!  O  thou  bleeding  Lamb! 

To  thee  the  praise  belongs : 
Salvation  shall  inspire  our  hearts, 

And  dwell  upon  our  tongues. 

292  l.  m. 

Love  which  passeth  krwtcledge. 

OF  Him  who  did  salvation  bring-, 
I  could  forever  think  and  sing ; 
Arise,  ye  needy,— he  '11  relieve  ; 
Arise,  ye  guilty, — he  '11  forgive. 
2  Ask  but  his  grace,  and  lo,  'tis  given ; 
Ask,  and  he  turns  your  hell  to  heaven  : 
Though  sin  and  sorrow  wound  nry  soul, 
Jesus,  thy  balm  will  make  it  whole. 
S  To  shame  our  sins  he  blush'd  in  blood,- 
He  closed  his  eyes  to  show  us  God ; 
Let  all  the  world  fall  down  and  know, 
That  none  but  God  such  love  can  show. 

4  'Tis  thee  I  love,  for  thee  alone 

I  shed  my  tears  and  make  my  moan; 
Where'er  I  am,  where'er  I  move, 
I  meet  the  object  of  my  love. 

5  Insatiate  to  this  spring  I  fly; 
I  drink,  and  yet  am  ever  dry : 

Ah !  who  aga'inst  thy  charms  is  proof! 
Ah!  who  that  loves,  can  love  enough! 


170   PROVISIONS  AND  PROMISES 

293  5th  P.  Iff.  4  Unes  7a. 
Calvary. 

WHEN"  on  Sinai's  top  I  see 
God  descent!,  in  majesty, 
To  proclaim  his  holy  law, 
All  my  spirit  sinks  with  awe. 

2  When,  in  ecstasy  snbli.ne, 
Tabor's  glorious  steep  I  climb, 
At  the  too  transporting  light, 
Darkness  rushes  o'er  my  sight. 

3  When  on  Calvary  I  rest, 
G^d,  in  flesh  made"  manifest, 
Shines  in  my  Redeemer's  face, 
Full  of  beauty,  truth,  and  grace. 

4  Here  I  would  forever  stay, — 
Weep  and  gaze  my  soul  away ; 
Thou  art  heaven  on  earth  to  mo, 
Lovely,  mournful  Calvary. 

294  o.  ML 

Sufficiency  andfresneu. 

OWHAT  amazing  words  of  grace 
Ar.-  in  the  gospel  found! 
Suited  to  every  sinner's  case, 
Who  knows  the  joyful  6ound. 

2  Poor,  sinful,  thirsty,  fainting  souls, 
Are  freely  welcome  here  ; 

Salvation,  like  a  river.  I 
Abundant,  free,  and  clear. 

3  Come,  then,  with  all  your  wants  and  wound* 
Your  every  burden  bring; 

iging  live,  abounds,— 
A  deep,  celestial  spring. 

4  Wli  «ver  will — O  gracious  word!— 
May  of  this  Btream  partake; 

'  irsty  souls,  and  bless  the  I 

And  drink'  for  Jesus'  sake. 


OF  THE  GOSPEL.  I?7 

5  Millions  of  sinners,  vile  as  you, 
Have  here  found  life  and  peace ; 

Come,  then,  and  prove  its  virtues  too, 
And  drink,  adore,  and  bless. 

295  s.  as. 

Christ,  the  only  source  of  salvation. 

GOD'S  holy  law  transgress'd, 
Speaks  nothing  but  despair ; 
Convinced  of  guilt,  with  grief  oppress'd, 
_  We  find  no  comfort  there.  . 

2  Not  all  our  groans  and  tears, 
Nor  works  which  we  have  done, 

Nor  vows,  nor  promises,  nor  prayers, 
Can  e'er  for  sin  atone. 

3  Relief  alone  is  found 

In  Jesus'  precious  blood  : 
'Tis  this  that  heals  the  mortal  wound, 
And  reconciles  to  God. 

4  This  is  salvation's  source ; 
And  all  our  hopes  arise 

From  Him,  who,  hanging  on  the  cross, 
A  spotless  victim  dies, 

298  c.  m. 

The  precious  Name. 

HOW  sweet  the  name  of  Jesus  sounds 
In  a  believer's  ear ; 
It  soothes  his  sorrows,  heals  his  wounda 
And  drives  away  his  fear. 

2  It  makes  the  wounded  spirit  whole, 
And  calms  the  troubled  breast; 

'Tis  manna  to  the  hungry  soul, 
And  to  the  weary,  rest. 

3  Dear  Name,  the  rock  on  which  I  build, 
My  shield  and  hiding-place  ; 

My  never-failing-treasure,  fill'd 
With  boundless  stores  of  grace  : 


178    PROVISIONS  AND  PROMISES 

4  Jesus,  my  Shepherd,  Saviour,  Friend, 
My  Prophet,  Priest,  and  King, 

My  Lord,  my  Life,  my  Way,  my  End, 
Accept  the  praise  I  bring. 

5  I  would  thy  boundless  lovo  proclaim 
With  every  fleeting  breath  ; 

So  shall  the  music  of  thy  name 
Refresh  my  soul  in  death. 

297  L.  m. 

Tfie  unspeakable  gift. 

HAPPY  the  man  who  finds  the  grace, 
The  blessiug  of  God's  chosen  race, 
The  wisdom  coming  from  above, 
The  faith  that  sweetly  works  by  love. 

2  Happy,  beyond  description,  he 
Who  knows  the  Saviour  died  for  met 
The  gift  unspeakable  obtains, 

And  heavenly  understanding  gains. 

3  Wisdom  divine !  who  tells  the  price 
Of  wisdom's  costly  merchandise! 
Wisdom  to  silver  we  prefer, 

And  gold  is  dross  compared  to  her. 

4  Her  hands  are  flll'd  with  length  of  days, 
True  riches,  and  immortal  p raise, — 
Riches  of  Christ  on  all  bestow'd. 

And  honour  that  descends  from  God. 

5  To  purest  joys  she  nil  invites, — 
Chaste,  holy,  spiritual  deli 

Her  ways  arc  ways  of  pleasantness, 
And  all  her  flowery  paths  are  peace. 

6  Happv  the  man  who  wisdom  gains  ; 
Thrice  happy,  who  his  guesl  retains: 

i   ,  .-uid  shall  forever  own, 
Wisdom,  and  Christ,  and  heaven,  are  one. 


OF  THE  GOSPEL.  179 

298  c.  m. 

He  waiteth  to  be  gracious. 

THY  ceaseless,  unexhausted  love, 
Unmerited  and  free, 
Delights  our  evil  to  remove, 
And  help  our  misery. 

2  Thou  waitest  to  be  gracious  still , 
Thou  dost  with  sinners  hear; 

-That,  saved,  we  may  thv  goodness  feel, 
And  all  thy  grace  declare. 

3  Thy  goodness  and  thy  truth  to  me, 
To  every  soul,  abound  ; 

A  vast,  unfathomable  sea, 
Where  all  our  thoughts  are  drown'd. 

4  Its  streams  the  whole  creation  reach, 
So  plenteous  is  the  store  ; 

Enough  for  all,  enough  for  each, 
Enough  forever  more. 

5  Faithful,  O  Lord,  thy  mercies  are, — 
A  rock  that  cannot  move  : 

A  thousand  promises  declare 
Thy  constancy  of  love. 

6  Throughout  the  universe  it  reigns 
Unalterably  sure ; 

And  while  the  truth  of  God  remains, 
His  goodness  must  endure. 

299  l.  m. 

Universal  redemption. 

SDTNTERS,  obey  the  heavenly  call ;  - 
Your  prison  doors  stand  open  wide  : 
Go  forth,  for  Christ  hath  ransom'd  all, 

For  even-  soul  of  man  hath  died. 
2  'Tis  his  the  drooping  soul  to  raise ; 

To  rescue  all  by  sin  oppress'd ; 
To  clothe  them  with  the  robes  of  praise, 
And  give  their  weary  spirits  rest. 


180   PROVISIONS  AND  PROMISES 

3  To  help  their  grov'ling  unbelief; 
Beauty  for  ashes  to  confer; 

The  oil  of  joy  for  abject  grief; 
Triumphant  joy  for  sad  despair. 

4  To  make  them  trees  of  righteousness,- 
The  planting  of  the  Lord  below; 

To  spread  the  honour  of  his  grace, 
And  on  to  full  perfection  go. 

300  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  & 

The  jvbilee  trumpet. 

BLOW  ye  the  trumpet,  blow 
The  gladly-solemn  sound; 
Let  all  the  nations  knew, 
To  earth's  remotest  bound, 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  homo. 

2  Jesus,  our  jreat  High  Priest, 
Hath  full  atonement  made  : 

Ye  weary  spirits,  r^st ; 
Ye  mournful  souls,  be  glad  : 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  home. 

3  Extol  the  Lamb  of  God,— 
The  all-nttining  Lamb; 

Redemption  in  I 
Throughout  tin-  world  proclaim: 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  o  me; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  home. 

4  Ye  slaws  of  sin  and  hell, 
Your  liberty  receive, 

And  Bafe  in  Jesus  dwell, 
And  bb-st  in  Jesus  live  : 
The  year  of  jubilee  :^  come  ; 
Ritu'wi,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  horn*. 


OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

5  Ye  who  have  sold  for  naught 
Your  heritage  above, 

Shall  have  it  back  unbought, 
The  gift  of  Jesus'  love  : 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sbuiers,  heme. 

6  The  gospel  trumpet  hear, — 
The  news  of  heavenly  grace  ; 

And,  saved  from  earth,  appear 
Before  your  Saviour's  face  : 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  home. 


181 


301  c- M- 

The  gospel  feast. 

LET  every  mortal  ear  attend, 
And  every  heart  rejoice  ; 
The  trumpet  of  the  gospel  sounds 
With  an  inviting  voice. 

2  Ho !  all  ye  hungry,  starving  souls, 
That  feed  upon  the  wind, 

And  vainly  strive  with  earthly  toys 
To  fill  an  empty  mind  :— 

3  Eternal  Wisdom  hath  prepared 
A  soul-reviving  feast, 

And  bids  your  longing  appetites 
The  rich  provision  taste. 

4  Ho !  ye  that  pant  for  living  streams, 
And  pine  away  and  die, 

Here  you  may  quench  your  raging  thirst 
With  springs  that  never  dry. 

5  Rivers  of  love  and  mercy  here 
In  a  rich  ocean  join ; 

Salvation  in  abundance  flows, 
like  floods  of  milk  and  wine. 


182     PROVISIONS  AND  PROMISES 

6  The  happy  gates  of  gospel  grace 

Stand  open  night  and  day: 
Lord,  we  are  come  to  seek 'supplies, 

And  drive  our  wants  away. 

302  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
The  Lamb  of  God,  who  taketh  away  tlie  sins  of 

the  world. 

SEE,  Binners,  in  the  gospel  glass, 
The  Friend  and  Saviour  of  mankind  ; 
Not  one  of  all  the'  apostate  race 

But  may  in  him  salvation  find  : 
His  thoughts,  and  words,  and  actions,  proTe, — 
His  life  and  death, — that  God  is  love. 
2  Behold  the  Lamb  of  God,  who  bears 

The  sins  of  all  the  world  away; 
A  servant's  form  he  meekly  wean, 

He  sojourns  in  a  house  of  clay  : 
His  glory  is  no  longer  seen, 
But  God  with  God  is  man  with  men. 
8  Seo  where  the  God  incarnate  stands, 

And  calls  his  wand'ring  creatures  home: 
He  all  day  long  spreads  out  his  hands; 

Come,  weary  souls,  to  Jesus  come ! 
Ye  all  may  hide  you  in  his  l>r.  asl  ; 
Believe,  and  he  will  give  J 

303  29th  P.  M.  4  fines  lis. 
The  voice  of  free  grace. 

THE  voice  of  free  gTace  cries,— Escape   to  the1 
mountain ; 
For  Adam's  lost  race  Christ  hath  i 

Hi    blood  Bo*    i:i    i  Frei  ly,  in  strean     ol  salvation 
Hallelujah  to  the  Lamb,  wb(  has  purchased  our 

pardon  : 
We   will   praise  him  again  when  we  pass  over 

Jordan. 


OF  THE  GOSPEL.  183 

2  Now  glory  to  God  in  the  highest  is  given  ; 
Now  glory  to  God  is  re-echoed  in  heaven  ; 
Around  the  whole  earth  let  us  tell  the  glad 

story, 
And  sing  of  his  love,  his  salvation  and  glory. 
Hallelujah  to  the  Lanib,  &c. 

3  O  Jesus,  ride  on, — thy  kingdom  is  glorious ; 
O'er  sin,  death,  and  hell,  thou  wilt  make  us 

victorious  : 
Thy  name  shall  be  praised  in  the  great  ccn- 


tion. 
Hallelujah  to  the  Lamb,  &c. 
4  When  on  Zion  we  stand,  having  gain'd  the 

blest  shore, 
"With  our  harps  in  our  hands,  we  will  praise 

evermore : 
We  '11  range  the  blest  fields  on  the  banks  of 

the  river, 
And  sing  of  redemption  forever  and  ever. 
Hallelujah  to  the  Lamb,  &c, 

304  P.  M.  11  10,  11  10. 

Earth,  has  no  sorrow  that  Hearer*  cannot  heal. 

COME,  ye  disconsolate,  where'er  ye  languish  ; 
Come  to  the  mercy-seat,  fervently  kneel ; 
Here  bring  your  wounded   hearts,   here   tell 
your  anguish  ; — ■ 
Earth  has  no  sorrow  that  Heaven  cannot  heal. 

2  Joy  of  the  desolate,  light  of  the  straying, 
Hope  of  the  penitent,  fadeless  and  pure, — 

Here  speaks  the  Comforter,  tenderly  saying, — 
Earth  has  no  sorrow  that  Heaven  cannot  cure. 

3  Here  see  the  bread  of  life  ;  see  waters  flowing 
Forth  from  the  throne  of  God,pure  from  above; 

Come  to  the  feast  of  love  ;  come'ever  knowing— 
Earth  has  no  sorrow  but  Heaven  can  romovor 


184   PROVISIONS  AND  PROMISES 

305  c.  M. 

Behold  the  Lamb. 

LOOK  unto  Christ,  ye  nations ;  own 
Your  God,  ye  fallen  race ; 
Look,  and  be  saved  through  faith  alone, 
Be  justified  by  grace. 

2  See  nil  your  sins  on  Jesus  laid : 
The  Lamb  of  God  ■was  slain ; 

His  soul  was  onee  an  offering  made 
For  every  soul  of  man. 

3  Awake  from  e;:ilty  nature's  sleep, 
And  Christ  shall  give  you  light; 

Cast  all  your  Bine  into  the  deep, 
And  wash  the  Ethiop  white. 

4  With  me,  your  chief,  ye  then  shall  know, 
Shall  feel,  yonr  sins  forgiven  ; 

Anticipate  your  heaven  below, 
And  own" that  love  is  heaven. 


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Proclaiming  the  universal  Saviour. 
BT  earth  and  heaven  agree, 


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Ij  Angels  and  ni.ii  be  j  in'd, 

To  celebrate  with  me 

The  Saviour  of  mankind  : 
To'  adore  the  all-atoning  Lamb, 
And  bless  the  sound  of  Jesus'  name. 

2  Jesus  !  transporting  sound  ! 

The  joy  i  f  earth  and  I 
No  other  help  is  found, 
No  Other  name  is  given. 
By  which  we  can  salvation  have; 
Liit  Jc6us  canio  the  world  to  save. 


OF  THE  GOSPEL.  185 

3  Jesus !  harmonious  name  ! 
it  charms  the  hosts  above ; 

They  evermore  proclaim, 
And  wonder  at,  his  love  : 
'Tis  all  their  happiness  to  gaze, — 
'Tis  heaven  to  see  our  Jesus'  face. 

4  His  name  the  sinner  hears, 
And  is  from  sin  set  free ; 

'Tis  music  in  his  ears ; 
'Tis  life  and  victory ; 
New  songs  do  now  his  "lips  employ, 
And  dances  his  glad  heart  for  joy. 

5  O  unexampled  love ! 

O  all-redeeming  grace ! 
How  swiftly  didst  thou  move 

To  save  a  fallen  race ! 
What  shall  I  do  to  make  it  known, 
What  thou  for  all  mankind  hast  done  1 

6  O  for  a  trumpet  voice, 

On  all  the  world  to  call,— 
To  bid  their  hearts  rejoice 

In  him  who  died  for  all  : 
For  all,  my  Lord  was  crucified ; 
For  all,  for  all,  my  Saviour  died. 


307  c.  m. 

The  immensity  of  His  grace. 
WHAT  shall  I  do  my  God  to  love  ! 
V  V     My  loving  God  to  praise  1 
The  length,  and  breadth,  and  height  to  proTe, 
And  depth  of  sov'reign  grace? 

2  Thy  sov'reign  grace  to  all  extends, 

Immense  and  unconfined ; 
From  age  to  age  it  never  ends  ; 

It  reaches  aii  mankind. 


18-3    PROVISIONS  AND  PROMISES. 

S  Throughout  the  ivnrld  its  breadth  is  known, 

Wide  as  infinity  : — 
So  wide  it  never  pass 'd  by  one, 

Or  it  had  pass'd  by  me. 

4  My  trespass  was  grown  up  to  heaven; 
But,  far  above  th 

Tlii:  ugh  Christ  abundantly  forgiven, 
I  see  thy  mercies  rise. 

5  The  depth  of  all-redeeming  love, 
What  angel  tongue  can  tell! 

O  may  I  to  the  utmost  prove 
The  gift  unspeakable  ! 

308  l.  m. 

Rejoicing  in  the  glory  of  His  grace. 
pi  LORY  to  God,  whose  sov'reign  grace 
\J  Hath  animated  Si  useless  stones, — 
his  face, 
And  raised  us  into  Abrah'm's  sons. 

2  The  people  that  in  darkness  lay, 
In  sin  and  error's  deadly  shade, 

Bare  seen  a  !/l.in<>u>  g<  spel-day 
In  Jesus'  l<  \.  Ij  Face  displayed. 

3  Thou  only,  Lord,  the  work  hast  done, 
And  band  thine  arm  in  all  our  sight; 

Ilu^t  mode  the  reprobates  thine  own. 
And  claim'd  the  outcasts  as  thy  right. 

4  Thy  single  arm,  almighty  Lord, 

•    ,:  salvation  brought; 
Thy  Word,  thy  all-creating  Word, 

ike  at  first  the  world  from  naught. 

5  For  this  the  saints  lift  up  tin  ii 

And  '  th.ee  is  giveu; 

be  hosts  above  r< 
And  praise  thee  in  the  highest  heaven. 


THE    SIGNER. 


depravity. 

309  l- 

Original  and  actual  sin. 

LORD,  wo  are  vile,  conceived  in  sin, 
And  "born  unholy  and  unclean; 
Sprung  from  the  man  t 
Corrupts  his  race,  and 

2  Soon  as  we  draw  our  infant  breath 
The  seeds  of  sin  grow  up  for  death ; 
Thy  law  demands  a  perfect  heart, 
But  we  're  defiled  in  every  part. 

3  Behold,  we  fall  before  thy  face ; 
Our  only  refuge  is  thy  grace : 

No  outward  forms  can  make  us  clean ; 
The  leprosy  lies  deep  within. 

4  No  bleeding  bird,  nor  bleeding  beast, 
Nor  hyssop  branch,  nor  sprinkling  priest, 
Nor  running;  brook,  nor  flood,  nor  sea, 
Can  wash  the  dismal  stain  away. 

5  Jesus,  thy  blood,  thy  blood  alone, 
Hath  power  sufficient  to  atone ; 

Thy  blood  can  make  us  white  as  snow 
No  Jewish  types  could  cleanse  us  so. 

6  While  guilt  disturbs  and  breaks  our  peace, 
Nor  flesh  nor  soul  hath  rest  or  ease ; 

Lord,  let  us  hear  thy  pard'ning  voice, 
And  make  these  broken  hearts  rejoice. 

310  c.  m. 

Totally  diseased. 

TI7"HILE  dead  m  trespasses  I  lie, 

\  V    Thy  quick'ning  Spirit  give  ; 

Call  me,  thou  Son  of  God,  that  I 

May  hear  thy  voice,  and  live. 


188  DEPRAVITY. 

2  While  full  of  anguish  and  disease, 
My  weak,  diste-mper'd  soul 

Thy'love  compassionately  sees  : 
6  let  it  make  me  whole. 

3  Cast  out  thy  foes,  and  let  them  still 
To  Jesus'  name  submit : 

Clothe  with  thy  righteousness,  and  heal, 
Aud  place  me  at  thy  feet. 

4  To  Jesus'  name,  if  all  things  now 
A  trembling  homage  pay, 

O  let  my  stubborn  spirit  bow, — 
My  stiff-neck 'd  will  obey. 

5  I  know  in  thee  all  fulness  dwells, 
And  all  for  wretched  man  : 

Fill  every  want  my  spirit  feels, 
And  break  off  every  chain. 

311  B.  M. 

Bead  i»  trespasses  and  sins. 

HOW  helpless  nature  lies, 
Unconscious  of  her  load  ! 
The  heart  unchanged  can  never  rise 
To  happiness  and  God. 

0  Can  might  but  power  divine 

The  stubborn  will  subdue? 
'Tis  thine,  eternal  Spirit,  thine 

To  form  the  heart  anew  : — 

3  The  passions  to  recall, 
And  upward  I'M  them  rise; 

To  make  the  scales  of  error  mil 
From  reason's  darken'd  eyi  s. 

4  O  change  these  hearts  of  ours, 
And  {rive  them  life  divine; 

Then  shall  our  passions  and  our  powers, 
Almighty  Lord,  be  thine. 


DEPRAVITY.  189 

312  "  S.  M. 

Helpless  and  guilty. 

AH,  how  shall  fallen  man 
Be  just  before  his  God? 
If  he  contend  in  righteousness, 
We  sink  beneath  his  rod. 

2  If  he  our  ways  should  mark 
With  strict  inquiring  eyes, 

Could  we  for  one  of  thousand  faults 
A  just  excuse  devise  ? 

3  The  mountains,  in  thy  wrath, 
Their  ancient  seats  forsake ; 

The  trembling  earth  deserts  her  place,— 
Her  rooted  "pillars  shake. 

4  Ah,  how  shall  guilty  man 
Contend  with  such  a  God? 

None — none  can  meet  him,  and  escape, 
But  through  the  Saviour's  blood. 

313  c.  m. 

Without  God  in  the  world. 

GOD  is  in  this  and  every  place ; 
But  O,  how  dark  and  void 
To  me  ! — 'tis  one  great  wildernes3, 
This  earth  without  my  God. 

2  Empty  of  Him  who  all  things  fills, 
Till  he  his  light  impart  — 

Till  he  his  glorious  self  reveals, — 
The  veil  is  on  my  heart. 

3  O  Thou  who  seest  and  know'st  my  grief, 
Thyself  unseen,  unknown, 

Pity  my  helpless  unbelief, 
And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 

4  Regard  me  with  a  gracious  eye; 
The  long-sought  blessing  give; 

And  bid  me,  at  the  point  to  "die, 
Behold  thy  face  and  live, 


190  DEPRAVITY. 

314  c.  m. 

Feeling  after  God. 

THOU  hidden  God,  for  whom  I  groan, — 
Till  thou  thyself  declare, 
God,  inaccessible. unknown, — ■ 
Regard  a  siuileps  prayer  : 

2  A  sinner  welt'ring  in  his  blood, 
Unpurged  and  unforgiven : 

Far  distant  from  the  living  God, 
As  tar  as  hell  from  heaven. 

3  An  unregen'rate  child  of  man, 
To  thee  for  help  I  call ; 

Pity  thy  fallen  creature's  pain, 
And  raise  me  from  my  fall. 

4  The  darkness  which  through  thee  I  feel, 
Thou  only  canst  remove  ; 

Thine  own  eternal  power  reveal, 
Thine  everlasting  love. 

5  I  would  not  to  thy  foe  submit ; 
I  hate  the  tyrant's  chain ; 

Send  forth  the  pris'uer  from  the  pit, 
Nor  let  me  cry  in  vain. 

6  Show  nie  the  blood  that  bought  my  peace, 
The  cov'nant  blood  apply ; 

And  all  my  griels  at  once  shall  cease, 
And  all  my  Bins  shall  die. 

315  L  «*■ 

Sui's  incurable  disease, 
GOD.  to  whom,  in  flesh  reveal'd, 
The  helpless  all  for  BUCCOUT  came; 
be  relieved  and  heal'd, 
And  found  salvation  in  thy  name  : — 
2  Thou  seest  me  helpless  and  distoase'd, 
Feeble,  and  faint,  and  blind,  and  poor; 
Weary,  1  coin"  to  thee  for  rest; 
And",  sick  of  sin,  .implore  a  cure. 


0 


DSPHAVITY.  1  9 1 


3  My  sin's  incurable  i 

Thou,  Jesus,  thou  alone  canst  heal ; 
Inspire  Die  with  thy  power  and  peace, 

And  pardon  on  my  conscience  seal. 

316  l.  ii. 

The  inbred  leprosy. 

JESUS,  a  word,  a  look  from  thee, 
Can  turn  my  heart,  and  mate  it  clean ; 
Purge  out  the  inbred  leprosy, 
And  save  me  from  my  bosom  sin. 

2  Lord,  if  thou  wilt,  I  do  believe 
Thou  canst  the  saving  grace  impart; 

Thou  canst  this  instant  now  forgive, 
And  stamp  thine  image  on  my  heart. 

3  My  heart,  which  now  to  thee  I  raise, 

I  know  thou  canst  this  moment  cleanse; 
The  deepest  stains  of  sin  efface, 
And  drive  the  evil  spirit  hence. 

4  Be  it  according  to  thy  word ; 
Accomplish  now  thy  work  in  me  ; 

And  let  my  soul,  to  health  restored, 
Devote  its  deathless  powers  to  thee. 

317  c.  XL 

Tie  leper. 
TESTIS,  if  still  thou  art  to-day, 
J   As  yesterday,  the  same, — 
Present  to  heal, — in  me  display 
The  virtue  of  thy  Name. 

2  Now,  Lord,  to  whom  for  help  I  call, 
Thy  miracles  repeat ; 

With  pitying  eyes  behold  me  fall 
A  leper  at  thy  feet. 

3  Loathsome,  and  vile,  and  self-sbhorr'd, 
I  sink  beneath  my  sin ; 

But,_  if  thou  wilt,  a'gracious  word 
Of  thine  can  make  me  clean. 


0 


192  DEPRAVITY. 

318  s.  it 

Hardness  of  heart  lamented. 
THAT  I  could  repent! 
O  that  I  could  believe ! 
Tb<m,  by  thy  voice,  the  marble  rend, 

The  rock  in  sunder  cleave  : 
Thou,  by  thy  two-edged  sword, 

My  soiil  and  spirit  part ; 
Strike,  with  the  hammer  of  thy  word, 

And  break  rny  stubborn  heart. 
5  Saviour,  and  Prince  of  peace  ! 

The  double  grace  bestow  ; 
Unloose  the  bands  of  wiekednees, 

And  let  the  captive  go  : 
Grant  me  my  sins  to  feel, 

And  then  the  load  remove : 
Wound,  ami  pi  ur  in,  my  wounds  to  heal, 

The  balm  w  pard'ning  love. 

319  L.  M. 

The  Physician  needed. 

OTHOU,  whom  once  they  flock'd  to  henr,- 
Thy  words  to  hear,  thy  power  to  feel, — 
Buffer  a  sinner  to  draw  near, 

Aiul  graciously  receive  me  Still. 
0  They  that  be  whole,  thyself  hast  said, 

No  need  of  a  physician  have; 
But  1  am  sick,  and  want  tl 

And  wait  Qu&e  utmost  power  to  Bave. 

3  Thy  power,  and  "truth,  find  love  divine, 

lure  : 
i     I  thine, 
The  most  invet'rate  plague  can  sure, 

4  Helpless  howe'er  my  spirit  lies, 

Ami  long  hath  languisS'd  at  the  pool; 
A  Word  of  thine  shall  make  it  riso, 
Aud  speak  me  in  a  moment  whole. 


DEPRAVITY.  193 

320  l£t  p-  M-  G  liiies  8s- 

Desiring  conviction. 

FATHER  of  lights,  from  whom  proceeds 
Whate'er  thy  even'  creature  needs  ; 
Whose  goodness,  providently  nigh, 
Feeds  the  young  ravens  when  they  cry; 
To  thee  I  look  ;  my  heart  prepare ; 
Suggest,  and  hearken  to  my  prayer. 
0  Since  by  thy  light  myself  I  see 
Naked,  and  poor,  and  void  of  thee, 
Thine  eyes  must  all  my  thoughts  survey, 
Preventing  what  my  lips  would  say  : 
Thou  seest  my  wants ;  for  help  they  call ; 
And,  ere  I  speak,  thou  know'st  them  all. 

3  Fain  would  I  know,  as  known  by  thee, 
And  feel  the  indigence  I  see ; 

Fain  would  I  all  my  vileness  own, 
And  deep  beneath  the  burden  groan; 
Abhor  the  pride  that  lurks  within, 
Detest  and  loathe  myself  and  sin. 

4  Ah,  give  me,  Lord,  myself  to  feel ; 
Sly  total  misery  reveal : 

All,  give  me,  Lord,  I  still  would  say, 
A  heart  to  mourn,  a  heart  to  pray : 
My  business  this,  my  only  care, — 
My  life,  my  every  breath,  be  prayer. 

321  lm. 

Christ,  the  good  Physician. 
TESUS,  thy  far-extended  fame 
»)   My  drooping  soul  exults  to  hear 
Thy  Name,  thy  all-restoring  Name, 

Is  music  in  a  sinner's  ear. 
2  Sinners  of  old  thou  didst  receive 

With  comfortable  words,  and  kind ; 
Their  sorrows  cheer,  their  wants  relieve, 

Heal  the  diseased,  and  cure  the  blind. 

7 


104  DEPRAVITY. 

3  And  art  thou  not  the.  Saviour  stiB: 
In  every  place  and  age  the  same  ? 

Hast  thou  forgot  thy  gracious  skill, 
Or  lost  the  virtue  of  thy  name  ? 

4  Faith  in  thy  changeless  name  I  have  : 
The  good,  the  kind  Physician,  thou 

Art  able  now  our  souls  to  save, 
Art  willing  to  restore  them  now. 

322  L-  J'- 
The  healing  power  of  Christ, 

THOUGH  eighteen  hundred  years  are  past 
Since  Christ  did  in  the  flesh  appear, 
His  tender  mercies  ever  last. 
And  still  his  healiag  power  is  here. 

2  Would  he  the  body's  health  restore, 
And  not  regard  the  sin-s^ck  soul? 

The  sin-sick  soul  he  loves  much  more, 
And  sorely  he  will  make  it  whole. 

3  All  my  disease,  mv  every  sin, 
To  thee,  0  J' 

In  pardon,  Lord,  my  cure  begin, 
And  perfect  it  in  holiness. 

4  That  token  of  thine  utmost  good, 
Now,  Saviour,  now,  on  me  bestow; 

And  purge  my  conscience  with  thy  blood, 
And  wash  my  ljalura  white  as  snow. 

323  c.  14 

Lord,  help  my  unbelief. 

HOW  Bftd  our  state  by  nature  is; 
Our  sin,  how  deep  it  stains ; 
At  d  Satan  binds  our  captive  souls 

Fast  in  bis  slavish  chains. 
2  But  there's  a  v<  ice  of  Bov'relgn  grace 
Sonnds  from  the  sacred  word  :— 

11-' !   ye  ilcspairii 

And  trust  a  faithful  Lord. 


DEPRAVITY.  195 

3  My  soul  obeys  the  gracious  call, 
And  runs  to  this  relief; 

I  would  believe  thy  promise,  Lord ; 
O  help  my  unbelief ! 

4  To  the  blest  fountain  of  thy  blood, 
Incarnate  God,  I  fly ; 

Here  let  me  wash  my  guilty  soul 
From  crimes  of  deepest  d'ye. 

5  A  guilty,  weak,  and  helpless  worm, 
Into  thine  arms  I  fall ; 

Be  thou  my  strength  and  righteousness,— 
My  Jesus,  and  my  all. 

324  8-  m. 

The  Bay-star  from  on  high. 
former  hopes  are  fled  ; 


M\ 


My  terror  now  begins  : 

1  feel,  alas !  that  I  am  dead 
In  trespasses  and  sins. 

2  Ah,  whither  shall  I  fly? 

I  hear  the  thunder  roar  ;— 
The  law  proclaims  destruction  nigh, 
And  vengeance  at  the  door. 

3  When  I  review  my  ways, 
I  dread  impending"  doom  : 

But,  hark  !  a  friendly  whisper  says,- 
Flee  from  the  wrath  to  come. 

4  With  trembling  hope,  I  see 
A  glimm'ring  from  afar; 

A  beam  of  day  that  shines  for  me, 
To  save  me  from  despair. 

5  Forerunner  of  the  sun, 

It  marks  the  pilgrim's  way, 
I  '11  gaze  upon  it  while  I  run, 
And  watch  the  rising  day. 


106  DEPRAVITY. 

325  L.  M. 

The  struggling  captive. 

LORD,  with  a  grieved  and  aching  heart, 
To  thee  I  look,  to  thee  I  cry; 
Supply  my  wants;  thy  grace  impart: 
U  h'e-ar  an  humble  pVis'ner's  sigh! 

Q  On  my  sad  heart  the  burden  lies ; 

No  human  power  can  ease  the  load ; 
My  tmm'roua  sins  against  me  rise. 

And  far  remove  me  from  my  God. 

3  Break,  break,  O  Lord,  these  tyrant  chains, 
And  set  the  struggling  ca]  live  free; 

Redeem  from  everlasting  pains, 

And  bring  me  safe  to  heaven  and  thee. 

320  L  M- 

JSa!,a  in  GHead,  and  a  good  Physician  there. 

DEEP  are  the  wounds  which  sin  has  made; 
Whore  shall  the  sinner  find  a  cure  ! 
In  vain,  alas !  is  nature's  aid  ; 
The  work  exceeds  hei  utmost  • 

2  But  can  no  Bov'reign  balm  be  bond, 
And  is  im  kind  physician  nigh, 

.  and  heal  the  wound, 
Ere  life  and  hope  forever  fly! 

3 -There  is  a  great  Physician  near; 

Look  up,  O  fainting  "soul,  and  live; 
See,  in  his  )  ,  appear 

Such  help  as  nature  cannot  give. 

4  See,  in  the  Saviour's  dying  blood. 

alth,  and  bliss,  abundant  flow  j 
And  in  that  Bacrificial  flood 
A  balm  for  all  thy  grief  and  wo. 


AWAKENING.  197 


AWAKENING. 

327  c.  M. 

The  voice  that  wakes  the  dead. 

THOU  Son  of  God,  whose  flaming  eyes 
Our  inmost  thoughts  perceive, 
Accept  the  grateful  sacrifice 

Which  now  to  thee  we  give. 
2  We  how  hefore  thy  gracious  throne, 

And  think  ourselves  sincere  : 
But  show  us,  Lord,  is  every  one 

Thy  real  worshipper  ? 
S  Is  here  a  soul  that  knows  thee  not, 

Nor  feels  his  need  of  thee, — 
A  stranger  to  the  blood  which  bought 

His  pardon  on  the  tree  ? 

4  Convince  him  now  of  unbelief; 
His  desp'rate  state  explain ; 

And  fill  his  heart  with  sacred  grief, 
And  penitential  pain. 

5  Speak,  with  that  voice  that  wakes  the  dead, 
Arid  bid  the  sleeper  rise  ; 

And  bid  his  guilty  conscience  dread 
The  death  that  never  dies. 

328  c.  m. 

The  hammer  of  God's  Word. 

COltfE,  O  tion  all-victorious  Lord, 
Thy  power  to  us  make  known; 
Strike  with  the  hammer  of  thy  Word, 
And  break  these  hearts  of  stone. 


And  turn  at  once  from  every  sin, 
And  to  the  Saviour  turn. " 


198  AWAKENING. 

3  Give  us  ourselves  and  thee  to  knew, 
In  this  our  gracilis  day; 

Repentance  unto  lite  bestow, 
And  take  our  sins  away. 

4  Convince  ns  first  of  unbelief, 
And  freely  then  release  ; 

Fill  even,'  soul  with  sacred  grief, 
And  then  with  sacred  peace. 

329  L.  ML 

The  accepted  time. 
YITHILE  life  prolongs  its  precious  light, 
VV    Mercy  is  found,  and  peace  is  given; 
But  soon,  ah,  soon,  approaching  night 
Shall  blot  out  every  hope  of  heaven. 

2  AVhile  God  invites,  how  blest  the  day  ! 
How  sweet  the  Gospel's  charming  soundl 

Come,  sinners,  haste,  O  hasto  away, 
"While  yet  a  pard'ning  God  is  found. 

3  Soon,  borne  on  time's  most  rapid  wing, 
Shall  death  command  yon  to  the  grave,— 

Before  His  bar  your  spirits  bring, 
And  none  Ijc  tound  to  hoar  or  save. 

4  In  that  lone  land  of  deep  despair, 

bbath's  heavenly  light  shall  rise,— 
No  God  regard  your  bitter  prayer, 
ur  call  you  to  the  skies. 

5  Now  Go,i  invites;  now  blest  the  day  I 
How  sweet  the  Gospel's  charming  sound  1 

Come,  sinners,  haste,  0  haste  away, 
While  yet  a  pard'ning  God  is  found. 

330  s.  M. 

To-day  the  accepted  time. 
VTiw  is  the'  accepted  time, 
1\    Now  is  the  day  .  f 
Now ,  itnoul  delay, 

And  ii  ,1,  the  Saviour's  face. 


AWAKENING.  199 

2  Now  is  the'  accepted  time, 
The  Saviour  calls  to-day; 

To-morrow  it  may  he  too  late — 
Then  why  should  you  delay! 

3  Now  is  the'  accepted  time, 
The  gospel  bids  you  come ; 

And  every  promise  in  his  word 
Declares  there  yet  is  room. 

331  s.  k 

To-day. 

ALL  yesterday  is  gone ; 
To-morrow  's  not  our  own ; 
O  sinner,  come,  without  delay, 
And  bow  before  the  throne. 
2  O  hear  God's  voice  to-day, 

And  harden  not  your  heart ; 
To-morrow,  with  a  frown,  he  may 
Pronounce  the  word, — Depart! 

332  c.  m. 

Boast  not  thyself  of  to-morrow. 
"TT7"HY  should  we  boast  of  time  to  come, 
YV     Though  but  a  single  day? 
This  hour  may  fix  our  final  doom, 
Though  strong,  and  young,  and  gay. 

2  The  present  we  should  now  redeem; 
This  only  is  our  own ; 

The  past,  alas !  is  all  a  dream ; 
The  future  is  unknown. 

3  O,  think  what  vast  concerns  depend 
Upon  a  moment's  space, 

When  life  and  all  its  cares  shall  end 
In  vengeance  or  in  grace  ! 

4  O  for  that  power  which  melts  the  heart, 
And  lifts  the  soul  on  high, 

Where  sin,  and  grief,  and  death  depart, 
And  pleasures  "never  die. 


200  AWAKENING. 

5  There  we  -with  ecstasy  shall  fall 

Before  Immnnuel's  feet ; 
And  hail  him  as  our  All  in  all, 

In  happiness  complete. 

333  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

The  danger  of  delay. 

HASTEN,  sinner,  to  be  wise ! 
Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  sun  : 
Wisdom  if  you  still  despise, 

Harder  is'it  to  be  won. 
2  Hasten,  mercy  to  implore! 

Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  sun, 
Lest  thy  season  should  be  o'er 

Ere  this  evening's  stage  be  run. 
8  Hasten,  sinner,  to  return  ! 

Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  sun, 
Lest  thy  lamp  should  fail  to  bum 

Ere  salvation's  work  is  done. 
4  Hasten,  sinner,  to  be  blest ! 

Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  suu, 
Lest  perdition  thee  arrest 

Ere  the  morrow  is  begun. 

334  C.  m. 

No  peace  to  the  wicked. 

SINNERS,  the  voice  of  God  regard  ; 
:Tis  mercy  speaks  to-day  ; 
He  calls  yon  by  his  sacred  word 
From  sin's  destructive  way. 

2  Like  the  rough  ?<>a  that  cannot  rest 
Yon  live.- devoid  of  peace; 

A  thousand  stings  within  your  breast 
Deprive  your  souls  of  ease. 

3  Your  way  is  dark,  and  leads  to  hell : 
Why  will  you  persevere  ! 

Can  you  in  endless  torments  dwell, 
Shut  up  iu  black  despair  1 


AWAKENING.  201 

4  Whv  will  you  in  the  crooked  ways 
Of  sin  and  folly  go  2 

In  pain  you  travel  all  your  days, 
To  reach  eternal  wo. 

5  But  lie  that  turns  to  God  shall  live, 
Through  his  abounding  grace  : 

His  mercy  will  the  guilt  forgive 
Of  those  that  seek  his  face. 

6  Eow  to  the  sceptre  of  his  word, 
Renouncing  every  sin ; 

Submit  to  him,  your  sov'reign  Lord, 
And  learn  his  will  divine. 

335  s.  m. 

The  horrors  of  the  second  death. 

0  WHERE  shall  rest  be  found,— 
Rest  for  the  weary  soul  ? 
'Twere  vain  the  ocean's  depths  to  sound> 
Or  pierce  to  either  pole. 

2  The  world  can  never  give 
The  bliss  for  which  we  sigh ; 

'Tis  not  the  whole  of  life  to"  live, 
Nor  all  of  death  to  die. 

3  Beyond  this  vale  of  tears 
There  is  a  life  above, 

Unmeasured  by  the  flight  of  years ; 
And  all  that  life  is  love. 

4  There  is  a  death,  whose  pang 
Outlasts  the  fleeting  breath  : 

O  what  eternal  horrors  hang 
Around  the  second  death ! 

5  Thou  God  of  truth  and  grace  1 
Teach  us  that  death  to  shun ; 

Lest  we  be  banish'd  from  thy  i'aee, 
Forever  more  undone. 


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202  AWAKENING. 

336  l.  M. 

The  dead  and  the  living. 
[7TIER.E  are  the  dead? — In  heaven  or  hell 
Their  disembodied  spirits  dwell ; 
Their  perish'd  forms,  iu  bonds  of  clay, 
Reserved  until  the  judgment-day. 

2  AVhere  are  the  living? — On  the  ground 
Where  prayer  is  heard  and  mercy  found  ; 
Where,  in  the  compass  of  a  span, 

The  mortal  makes  the'  immortal  man. 

3  Then,  timely  warn'd,  let  us  begin 
To  follow  Christ  and  flee  from  sin ; 
Daily  grow  np  in  him  our  Head, 
Lord"  ol  the  living  and  the  dead. 

337  c.  m. 

Warnings  from  the  grave. 

I)ENEATH  our  feet,  and  o'er  our  head, 
)  Is  equal  warning  given ; 
Beneath  us  lie  the  countless  dead, — 
Above  us  is  the  heaven. 

2  Death  rides  on  every  passing  breeze, 
And  lurks  in  every  flower; 

Each  season  has  its  own  disease, — 
Its  peril  every  hour. 

3  Our  eyes  have  Been  the  rosy  light 
Of  youth's  soft  cheek  decay, 

And  ate  descend  in  sudden  night 
On  manhood's  middle  day. 

4  Our  eyes  have  seen  the  steps  of  age 
Halt  Feebly  to  tho.tomb; 

And  shall  earth  still  our  hearts  engage, 

And  dreams  of  days  to  come! 
6  Turn,  mortal,  turn  ;  thy  danger  know  : 

Where'er  thy  foot  can'  tread. 
The  earth  ring's  hollow  from  below, 

And  warns  thee  by  her  dead. 


AWAKENING.  203 

6  Turn,  mortal,  turn ;  thy  eoul  apply 

To  truths  divinely  given  : 
The  dead  who  underneath  thee  lie, 

Shall  live  for  hell  or  heaven. 

338  c-  M- 

Sin  kills  beyond  the  tomb. 

VAIN  man,  thy  fond  pursuits  forbear ; 
Repent,  thine  end  is  nigh : 
Death,  at  the  farthest,  can't  be  far : 
O  think  before  thou  die. 

2  Reflect,  thou  hast  a  soul  to  save ; 
Thy  sins,  how  high  they  mount ! 

What  are  thy  hopes  beyond  the  grave  1 
How  stands  that  darlt  account  ? 

3  Death  enters,  and  there's  no  defence , 
His  lime  there's  none  can  tell ; 

He  '11  in  a  moment  call  thee  hence, 
To  heaven,  or  down  to  hell. 

4  Thy  flesh  (perhaps  thy  greatest  care) 
Shall  into  dust  consume  ; 

But,  ah !  destruction  stops  not  there  ; 
Sin  kills  beyond  the  tomb. 

339  c  m. 

Fear  of  hell. 
rpERRTBLE  thought !  shall  I  alone, 
1    Who  may  be  saved,  shall  I, 
Of  all,  alas !  whom  I  have  known, 
Through  sin  forever  die  ? 

2  While  all  my  old  companions  dear, 
With  whom  I  ouce  did  live, 

Joyful  at  God's  right  hand  appear, 
A  blessing  to  receive  : — 

3  Shall  I,  amidst  a  ghastly  band, 
Dragg'd  to  the  judgment-seat, 

Far  oh  the  left  with  horror  stand, 
My  fearful  doom  to  meet? 


304  awake  mm. 

4  Ah !  no ; — I  still  may  turn  and  live, 
For  still  his  wrath  delays ; 

He  now  vouchsafes  a  kind  reprieve, 
And  offers  me  his  grace. 

5  I  will  accept  his  offers  now — 
From  every  sin  depart — 

Perform  my  oft-repeated  vow, 
And  render  him  my  heart. 

6  I  will  improve  what  I  receive, 
The  grace  through  Jesu9  given ; 

Sure,  if  with  God  on  earth  I  live, 
To  live  with  God  in  heaven. 

340  6th  P.  M.  G  lines  "!». 

What  sin  hath  done. 

TJEAHTS  of  stone,  relent,  relent! 
IT  Break,  by  Jesus'  cross  subdued; 
See  his  body  mangled,  rent, 

Stain'd  and  cover'd  with  his  blood  I 
Sinful  sonl,  what  hast  thou  done ! 
Crucified  the'  eternal  Son. 

2  Yes,  tliv  sins  have  done  the  deed- 
Driven  the  nails  that  fix'd  him  there; 

Cfown'd  with  thorns  his  sacred  head; 

Plunged  into  his  side  the  spear; 
Made  his  soul  a  sacrifice, 
While  for  sinful  man  he  dies. 

3  Wilt  thou  let  him  bleed  in  vain  I 
Still  to  death  thy  Lord  pursue! 

Open  all  his  wounds  again, 

And  the  shameful  cross  renew! 
No;  with  nil  my  sins  1  Ml  part; 
Saviour,  take  my  broken  heart. 


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INVITING; 


341  8th  P.  M.  8T,  ST,  47. 

The  invitation. 

GOME,  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy, 
Weat  and  wounded,  sick  and  sore; 
Jesus  ready  stands  to  save  you, 
Full  of  pity,  love,  and  power  : 

He  is  able, 
He  is  willing :  doubt  no  more. 

2  Now,  ye  needy,  come  and  welcome ; 
God's  free  bounty  glorify; 

True  belief  and  true  repentance. — 
Every  grace  that  brings  you  nigh, — 

Without  money, 
Come  to  Jesus  Christ  and  buy. 

3  Let  not  conscience  make  you  linger 
Nor  of  fitness  fondly  dream  : 

All  the  fitness  he  requireth 
Is  to  feel  your  need  of  him  : 

This  he  gives  you,— 
'Tis  the  Spirit's  giimm'ring  beam. 

4  Come,  ye  weary,  heavy-laden, 
Bruised"  and  mangled  by  the  fall; 

If  you  tarry  till  you  're  better, 
You  will  never  come  at  all ; 

Not  the  righteous, — 
Sinners  Jesus  came  to  call. 

5  Agonizing  in  the  garden, 
Your  Redeemer  prostrate  lies, 

On  the  bloody  tree  behold  him ! 
Hear  him  cry,  before  he  dies, 

It  is  finish 'd  ! — 
Sinners,  will  not  this  suffice  f 


200  INVITING. 

6  Lo !  the'  incarnate  God,  ascending, 
Pleads  the  merit  of  his  Hood  : 

Venture  on  him. — venture  freely; 
Let  no  other  trupt  intrude  : 

None  hut  Jesus 
Can  do  helpless  siuners  good. 

7  Saints  and  angels,  join'd  in  concert, 
Sing  the  praises  of  the  Lamb; 

While  the  blissful  seats  of  heaven 
Sweetlv  echo  with  his  name  : 

Hallelujah  ! 
Sinners  here  may  do  the  same. 

342  c.  m. 

lie  waiteth  to  be  gracious. 

TESUS,  Redeemer  of  mankind, 
Display  thy  savin?  p.iwer; 
Thy  mercy  let  the  sinner  find, 
And  know  his  gracious  hour. 

9.  Who  thee  beneath  their  feet  have  trod, 

Anil  crucified  afresh, 
Touch  with  thine  all-victorious  blood, 

And  turn  the  stone  to  flesh. 

3  Open  Iherr  eyes  thy  cross  to  see, — 
Their  ears,  to  hear' thy  cries  : 

Sinner,  thy  Saviour  weeps  for  thee; 
For  thee  he  weeps  and  dies. 

4  All  the  day  long  he  meekly  stands, 
His  rebels  to  re 

And  shows  his  wounds,  nnd  spreads  his  hands, 
Aud  bids  yon  turn  and  live. 

5  Turn,  and  vour  sins  of  deepest  dye 
He  wil!  with  blued  efface; 

E'en  now  he  waits  the  blood  to' apply; — 
Be  saved,  be  saved  by  grace. 


INVITING.  207 

343  6th  P.  II.  6  lines  73. 
Fly  to  Jesus. 

TTTEARY  souls,  that  wander  wide 
\\    From  the  central  point  of  bliss  : 
Turn  to  Jesus  crueiiied ; 

Fly  to  those  dear  wounds  of  his; 
Sink  into  the  purple  flood; 
Fuse  into  the  life  of  God. 

2  Find  in  Christ  the  way  of  peace, 
Peace  unspeakable,  unknown,; 

By  his  pain  he  gives  you  ease, 
Life  by  his  expiring  groan ; 

Rise  exalted  by  his  fall ; 

Find  in  Christ  your  all  in  all. 

3.0  believe  the  record  true, 

God  to  you  his  Son  hath  given ; 

Ye  may  now  be  happy  too. 

Find  on  earth  the  life  of  heaven 

Live  the  life  of  heaven  above, 

All  the  life  of  glorious  love. 

4  This  the  universal  bliss. 
Bliss  for  every  soul  design'd; 

God's  original  promise  this, 

God's  great  gift  to  all  mankind : 

Blest  in  Christ  this  moment  be, 

Blest  to  all  eternity. 

344  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
Boom  for  the  giiiliu. 

€(yME,  O  my  guilty  brethren,  come, 
Groaning  beneath  your  load  of  sin ; 
His  bleeding  heart  shall  make  you  room; 

His  open  side  shall  take  you  "in : 
He  calls  you  now,  invites  yon  home  : 
Come,  0  my  guilty  brethren,  come. 


208  INVITING. 

°.  Fer  you  the  purple  current  flowr<J, 
Id  pardons  from  his  wounded  side  i 

Lnnguish'd  for  von  the  Son  of  G  >d  •, 
For  you  the  Prince  of  glory  d 

Believe,  nnd  all  your  sin  's  forgiven  : 

Only  believe,  and  yours  13  heaven. 

345  P-  M-  ST.  ^T>  S"- 

The  healim]  Fountain. 

CCO.rE  to  Calvary's  holy  mountain, 
Sinners  ruin 'd  by  the* fall; 
Here  a  pure  and  healing  fountain 

Flows  for  every  thirsty  soul, 
In  a  full  perpetual  tide, 
Open'd  when  the  Saviour  died. 

2  Come,  in  sorrow  anl  contrition, 
Wounded,  impotent,  and  blind; 

Here  the  guilty,  free  remission, 
Here  the  lest,  a  refuge,  find. 
Health,  this  fountain  wi',1  restore; 
I-Ie  that  drinks  need  thirst  no  more. 

3  Come,  ye  dying,  live  f.rever; 
"lis  a  soul-reviving  flood; 

God  is  faithful;  he  will  never 

Break  his  cov'uaut  seal'd  in  brood; 
Sign'd  when  our  Redeemer  died  ; 
By  the  Spirit  ratified. 

346  s  m. 

Seek  Him  while  he  may  be  found. 

[Y  son.  know  thou  the  Lord ; 
Thy  father's  God  obey; 
Seek  his  protecting  care  by  night, 

His  guardian  hand  by  day. 
2  Call,  while  he  may  be  found ; 

Seek  him  while  he  is  near; 
Serve  him  with  all  thy  heart  and  mind, 
And  worship  nim  with  fear. 


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S  If  thou  wilt  seek  his  face, 

His  ear  will  hear  thy  cry ; 
Then  shalt  thon  find  his  mercy  sure, 

Hia  grace  forever  nigh. 
4  But  if  thou  leave  thy  God, 

Nor  choose  the  path  to  heaven ; 
Then  shalt  thou  perish  in  thy  sins, 

And  never  be  forgiven. 

347  c-  k 

He  justifieth  the  ungodly. 

LOVERS  of  pleasure  more  than  God, 
For  you  he  suSer'd  pain ; 
For  you  the  Saviour  spUt  his  blood  : 
And  shall  he  bleed  m  vain? 

2  Sinners,  his  life  for  you  he  paid; 
Your  basest  crimes  he  bore  ; 

Your  sins  were  all  on  Jesus  laid, 
That  you  might  sin  no  more. 

3  To  earth  the  great  Redeemer  cam©, 
That  you  might  come  to  heaven ; 

Believe,  believe  in  Jesus'  name, 
And  all  your  sin  's  forgiven. 

4  Believe  in  him  who  died  for  thee 
And,  sure  as  he  hath  died, 

Thy  debt  is  paid,  thy  soul  is  free, 
And  thou  art  justified. 

348  l.  m. 

The  gospel  feast. 

COME,  sinners,  to  the  gospel  feast ; 
Let  every  soul  be  Jesus'  guest : 
Ye  need  not  one  be  left  behind, 
For  God  hath  bidden  all  mankind. 
'2  Sent  by  my  Lord,  on  you  I  call ; 
The  invitation  is  to  all : — 
Come  all  the  world!  come,  sinner,  thoul 
All  things  in  Christ  are  ready  now. 


210  INVITING. 

3  Come,  all  ye  souls  by  sin  oppress1!, 
Ye  restless  wand'rers  after  rest ; 

Ye  poor,  and  maim'd,  and  halt,  and  blind, 
Jn  Christ  a  hearty  welcome  find. 

4  My  message  as  from  God  receive ; 
Ye  all  may  come  to  Christ  and  live  : 
O  let  his  love  your  hearts  constrain, 
Nor  suffer  him  to  die  in  vain.  ' 

5  See  him  sot  forth  before  your  eyea, 
Tliat  precious,  bleeding  sacrifice  ; 
His  offer'd  benefits  embrace, 

And  freely  now  be  saved  by  grace. 

319  s.  m. 

And  yet  there  is  room. 
Y7"E  wretched,  starving  poor, 
1    Behold  a  royal  feast! 
Where  mercy  spreads  her  bounteous  stow 
For  every  humble  guest. 

5  See,  Christ,  with  open  arms, 
Invites,  and  bids  yon  come ; 

O  stay,  not  back,  though  fear  alarms; 
For  yet  there  still  is  room. 

3  O  come,  and  with  us  taste 
The  blessings  of  his  1 

While  hope  expects  the  sweet  repast 
Of  nobler  joys  above. 

4  There,  with  united  voice, 
Before  the'  eternal  throne, 

Ten  thousand  thousand  souls  rejoice, 
In  ecstasies  unknown. 

6  Ten  thousand  thousand  more 
Are  welcome  still  to  c< 

Ye  longing  souls,  the  grace  ad^re; 
Approach,— there  yet  is  room. 


INVITING.  211 

350  L- M- 

All  things  are  now  ready. 

SINNERS,  obey  the  gospel  word; 
Haste  to  the  supper  of  my  Lord; 
Be  wise  to  know  your  gracious  day ; 
All  things  are  rea'dy, — come  away. 

2  Ready  the  Father  is  to  own, 
And  kiss  his  late-returning  son ; 
Ready  your  loving  Saviour  stands, 
And  spreads  for  you  his  bleeding  bands. 

3  Ready  the  Spirit  of  his  love, 
Just  now  the  stony  to  remove ; 

To'  apply  and  witness  with  the  blood, 
And  wash  and  seal  the  sons  of  God. 

4  Ready  for  you  the  angels  wait, 
To  triumph  in  your  blest  estate ; 
Tuning  their  harps,  they  long  to  praise 
The  wonders  of  redeeming  grace. 

5  The  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Are  ready,  with  their  shining  host : 
All  heaven  is  ready  to  resound, — 
The  dead  's  alive !  the  lost  is  found ! 

351  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  7a. 
Come,  and  welcome. 

FROM  the  cross  uplifted  high, 
WheTe  the  Saviour  deigns  to  die, 
What  melodious  sounds  we  hear 
Bursting  on  the  Tavish'd  ear : — 
Love's  redeeming  work  is  done- 
Come  and  welcome,  sinner,  come  \ 
2  Sprinkled  now  with  blood  the  throne- 
Why  beneath  thy  burdens  groan? 
On  his  pierced  body  laid, 
Justice  owns  the  ransom  paid ; 
Bow  the  knee, — embrace  the  Son- 
Come  and  welcome,  sinner,  come ! 


212  INVITING. 

3  Spread  for  thee,  the  festal  board 
See  with  richest  bounty  stored  ; 
To  thy  Father's  bosom  press'd. 
Thou  shr.lt  be  a  child  confess'd, 
Never  from  hie  house  to  roam ; 
Come  and  welcome,  sinner,  come ! 

352  l  m. 

All-sufficiency  of  His  grace. 

HO!  every  one  that  thirsts,  draw  nigh: 
'Tis  God  invites  the  fallen  race : 
Mercy  and  free  salvation  buy, — 
Buy  wine,  and  milk,  and  gospel  grace. 

2  Come  to  the  living  waters,  come ! 
Sinners,  obey  your  Maker's  call ; 

Return,  ye  weary  wand'rers,  home, 
And  find  his  grace  is  free  for  all. 

3  See  from  the  Rock  a  fountain  rise ; 
For  you  in  healing  streams  it  rolls; 

Money  ye  need  not  bring,  nor  price, 
Ye  lab'ring,  burden 'd,  sin-sick  souls. 

4  Nothing  ye  in  exchange  shall  give; 
Leave  all  you  have,  and  are,  behind  ; 

Frankly  the  gift  of  God  receive  ; 
Pardon  and  peace  in  Jesus  find. 

353  h  M. 

Th e  joys  of  pen itcnce. 

CO^IF,  O  ye  sinners,  to  the  Lord, 
In  Christ  to  paradise  restored  ; 
His  proffer'd  benefits  embrace, — 
The  plenitude  of  gospel  grace  : — 

2  A  pardon  written  with  his  blood  ; 
The  favour  and  the  peaco  of  God  ; 
The  seeing  eye,  the  feeling  sense, 
The  mystic  joys  of  penitence  :— 


INVITING.  213 

3  The  godly  fear,  the  pleasing  smart, 
The  melting's  of  a  broken  heart ; 
The  tears  that  tell  your  sins  forgiven  ; 

The  sighs  that  waft  your  souls  to  heaven  :— 

4  The  guiltless  shame,  the  sweet  distress, 
The'  unutterable  tenderness ; 

The  genuine,  meek  humility ; 

The  wonder,  why  such  love  to  me  : — 

5  The'  o'erwhelming  power  of  saving  grace, 
The  sight  that  veils  the  seraph's  face ; 
The  speechless  awe  that  dares  not  move, 
And  all  the  silent  heaven  of  love. 

354  c- M- 

The  wanderer  recalled. 

RETURN,  O  wanderer,  return, 
And  seek  thy  Father's  face ; 
Those  new  desires  which  in  thee  burn 
Were  kindled  by  his  grace. 

2  Return,  O  wanderer,  return ; 

He  hears  thy  humble  sigh : 
He  sees  thy  soften'd  spirit  mourn, 

When  no  one  else  is  nigh. 

S  Return,  O  wanderer,  return ; 

Thy  Saviour  bids  thee  live  : 
Come  to  his  cross,  and,  grateful,  leam 

How  freely  he  '11  forgive. 

4  Return,  O  wanderer,  return, 
And  wipe  the  falling  tear  : 

Thy  Father  calls, — no  longer  mourn ; 
'Tis  love  invites  thee  near. 

5  Return,  O  wanderer,  return ; 
Regain  thy  Ions-sought  rest : 

The  Saviour's  melting  mercies  yearn 
To  clasp  thee  to  his  breast. 


214 


355  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  Ta. 
Why  will  ye  die  ? 

SINNERS,  him  ;  why  will  ye  die  ? 
God,  your  Maker,  asks  you  why? 
God,  who  did  your  being  give, 
Made  you  with  himself  to  live ; 
He  the  fatal  cause  demands ; 
Asks  the  work  of  his  own  hands, — 
Why,  ye  thankless  creatures,  why 
Will  ye  cross  his  love,  and  die! 

2  Sinners,  turn;  why  will  ye  die! 
God,  your  Saviour,  asks  yon  why? 
He,  who  did  your  souls  retrieve," 
Died  himself,'  that  ye  might  live. 
Will  ye  let  him  die  in  vain! 
Crucify  your  Lord  again! 

Why,  ye  ransom 'd  sinners,  why 
Will  ye  slight  his  grace,  and  die! 

3  Sinners,  turn;  why  will  ye  die! 
God,  the  Spirit,  asks  you  why! 
He,  who  all  your  lives  hath  strove, 
Urged  you  to  embrace  his  love. 
Will  ye  not  his  grace  receive! 
Will  ye  still  refuse  to  live ! 

O  ye  dying  sinners,  why, 
Why  will  ye  forever  die! 

356  ?th  P.  M.  8  tines  7s. 

Tender  expostulation. 

SINNERS,  turn,  while  God  is  near; 
Dare  not  think  him  insincere  : 
Now,  e'en  now,  your  Saviour  stands; 
AH  day  long  he  spreads  his  hands  j 
Cries— Ye  will  not  happy  be; 
No,  ye  will  not  come  to  me, — 
Mi-,  who  life  to  none  deny  : 
Why  will  ye  resolve  to  die! 


INVITING. 


2:; 


2  Turn,  he  cries,  ye  sinners,  turn : 
By  his  life,  your  God  hath  sworn ; 
He  would  haye  you  turn  and  live ; 
He  would  all  the  world  receive. 
If  your  death  were  his  delight, 
Would  he  you  to  life  invite? 
Would  he  ask,  beseech,  and  cry,  — 
Why  will  ye  resolve  to  die  ? 

3  What  could  your  Redeemer  do, 
More  than  he  hath  done  for  you  ? 
To  procure  your  peace  with  God, 
Could  he  more  than  shed  his  blood  ? 
After  all  his  flow  of  love — 

All  his  drawings  from  above, — 
Why  will  ye  your  Lord  deny  \ 
Why  will  ye  resolve  to  die ! 

357  c.  m. 

Believe,  and  be  at  peace. 

OWHY  should  gloomy  thoughts  arise, 
And  darkness  fill  the  mind! 
Why  should  that  bosom  heave  with  sighs, 
And  yet  no  refuge  find' 

2  Hast  thou  not  heard  of  Gilead's  balm,-- 
The  great  Physician  there, 

Who  can  thine  every  fear  disarm, 
And  save  thee  from  despair! 

3  Still  art  thon  overwhelm'd  with  grief, 
And  fill'd  with  sore  dismay? 

Still  looking  downward  for  relief, 
Without  one  cheering  ray! 

4  Lift  np.  thy  streaming  eyes  to  heaven ; 
The  great  atonement  see ; 

And  all  thy  sins  shall  be  forgiven  : — 
Believe,  and  thou  art  free. 


216  INVITING. 

6  For  thee  the  Saviour  sufferM  shame, 
And  shed  his  precious  blood  : 

Believe,  believe  in  Jesus'  name, 
And  be  at  peace  with  God. 

358  s.  m. 

Accepting  the  invitation. 

CONNIE,  weary  sinners,  come, 
Groaning  beneath  yeur  load  ; 
The  Saviour  calls  his  wand'rers  home, 
Haste  to  your  pard'uing  God. 

2  Come,  all  by  guilt  oppress'd, 
Answer  the  Saviour's  call — 

0  come,  and  I  will  give  you  rest, 
And  I  will  save  you  all. 

3  Redeemer,  full  of  love, 
We  would  thv  word  obey, 

And  all  thy  faithful  mercies  prove : 
O  take  our  guilt  away. 

4  We  would  on  thee  rely ; 

On  thee  would  cast  our  care ; 
Now  to  thine  arms  of  mercy  fly, 
And  find  salvation  there. 

359  c-  *. 

The  resolution. 

COrSIE,  humble  sinner,  in  whose  breast 
A  thousand  thoughts  revolve, 
Come,  with  your  guilt  and  fear  oppress'd, 
And  make'this  last  resolve  : — 

2  I  '11  go  to  Jesus,  though  my  sin 
Like  mountains  round"  me  close  ; 

1  know  his  courts,  I  '11  enter  in, 
AVhatever  may  oppose. 

3  Prostrate  I  '11  lie  before  his  throne, 
And  there  my  guilt  confess; 

I  "11  toll  him,  I'm  a  wretch  undone 
Without  his  sov'reign  grace. 


PENITENTIAL.  SIT 

4  Perhaps  he  will  admit  my  plea, 
Perhaps  will  hear  my  prayer ; 

But,  if  I  perish,  I  will  pray, 
And  perish  only  there. 

5  I  can  hut  perish  if  I  go — 
I  am  resolved  to  try ; 

For  if  I  stay  away,  I'know 
I  must  forever  die. 


A 


PENITENTIAL. 

S.  M. 

'o  whom  should  we  go  ? 
H !  whither  should  I  go, 
Bnrden'd,  and  sick,  and  faint? 
To  whom  should  I  my  trouble  show, 

And  pour  out  my  complaint? 
My  Saviour  hids  me  ccme ; 

Ah !  why  do  I  delay  1 
He  calls  the  weary  sinner  home, 
And  yet  from  him  I  stay. 

2  What  is  it  keeps  me  hack, 
From  which  I  cannot  part, — 

Which  will  not  let  the  Saviour  lake 

Possession  of  my  heart? 
Searcher  of  hearts,  in  mine 

Thy  trying  power  display ; 
Into  its  darkest  corners  shine, 

And  take  the  veil  away. 

3  I  now  believe,  in  thee, 
Compassion  reigns  alone ; 

According  to  my  faith,  to  me 

O  let  it,  Lord,  be  done ! 
In  me  is  all  the  bar, 

Which  thou  wouldst  fain  remove  i 
Remove  it,  and  I  shall  declare 

That  God  is  only  love. 


218  PENITENTIAL. 

361  L.  M. 

The  sinner's  only  hope. 
T^HEREWITH,  O  Lord,  shall  I  draw  near, 
VV    And  bow  myself  before  thy  face! 
How  in  thy  purer  eyes  appear? 

"What  shall  I  bring  to  gain  thy  grace! 

2  "Will  gifts  delight  the  Lord  Most  High? 
Will  multiplied  oblations  please? 

Thousands  of  rams  his  favour  buy, 
Or  slaughter'd  hecatombs  appease? 

3  Can  these  avert  the  wrath  of  G  >d  ? 
Can  these  wash  out  my  guilty  stain ! 

Rivers  of  oil,  and  seas  of  blood, 
Alas !  they  all  must  flow  in  vain. 

4  Who  would  himself  to  thee  approve, 
Most  take  the  path  thyself  hast  show'd; 

Justice  pursue,  and  mercy  lore, 
And  humbly  walk  by  faith  with  God. 

5  But  though  my  life  henceforth  be  thine, 
Present  for  past  can  nerer  atone  : 

Though  I  to  thee  the  whole  resign, 
I  only  give  thee  back  thine  own. 

6  Guilty  I  stand  before  thy  face ; 
On  me  I  feel  thy  wrath  abide  ; 

'Tis  just  the  sentence  should  take  place; 
'Tls  just,— but  O,  thy  Son  hath  died  ! 

3(}2  10th  P.  M.  4  lines  8s. 

The  Rock  that  f»  hit/her  than  I. 

ENCOMPASS'!)  with  clouds  of  distress, 
And  ready  nil  hope  to  resign, 

1  long  for  thy  light  and  thy  grace; 

..  Ill  they  never  be  mine? 

2  If  sometimes  I  strive,  as  I  mourn, 
My  hi  Id  of  thy  promise  i>>  keep, 

The  billows  in  ire  ti  rcely  return, 
And  plunge  me  again  in  the  deep. 


PENITENTIAL.  219 

3  Appear,  and  my  sorrow  shall  cease ; 
The  blood  of  atonement  apply ; 

And  lead  me  to  Jesus  for  peace, — 
The  Rock  that  is  higher  than  I. 

4  O  enter  this  desolate  heart,— 

Then  rule  o'er  the  heart  thou  hast  won ; 
Nor  again  in  thine  anger  depart, 
But  make  it  forever  thy  throne. 

363  c.  M. 

Timely  penitence. 

WHEN  rising  from  the  bed  of  death, 
O'erwhelm'd  with  guilt  and  fear, 

1  view  my  Maker  face  to  face, — 
O  how  shall  I  appear* 

2  If  yet,  while  pardon  may  be  found, 
And  mercy  may  be  sought, 

My  soul  with  inward  horror  shrinks, 
And  trembles  at  the  thought  :— 

3  "When  thou,  O  Lord,  shalt  stand  disclosed 
In  majesty  severe, 

And  sit  in  judgment  on  my  soul, — 
O  how  shall  I  appear ! 

4  O  may  my  broken,  contrite  heart, 
Timely  my  sins  lament ; 

And  early,  with  repentant  tears, 
Eternal  wo  prevent. 

5  Behold  the  sorrows  of  my  heart, 
Ere  yet  it  be  too  late ; 

And  hear  my  Saviour's  dying  groan, 
To  give  those  sorrows  weight. 

6  For  never  shall  my  soul  despair 
Her  pardon  to  secure, 

Who  knows  thine  only  Son  hnth  died 
To  make  that  pardon  sure. 


230         penitential. 

364  l.  m. 

Only  by  faith. 

LORD,  I  despair  myself  to  heal; 
I  see  my  sin,  but  cannot  feel; 

1  cannot,  till  thy  Spirit  blow, 
And  bid  the'  obedient  waters  flow. 

2  'Tis  thine  a  heart  of  flesh  to  give ; 
Thy  gifts  I  only  can  receive  ; 
Here,  then,  to  thee  I  all  resign; 

To  draw,  redeem,  and  seal, — are  thine, 

3  With  simple  faith,  on  thee  I  call,— 
My  light,  my  life,  my  Lord,  my  all ; 
I  wait  the  moving  of  the  pool ; 

1  wait  the  word  that  speaks  me  whole. 

4  Speak,  gracious  Lord, — my  sickness  cure, — 
Make  my  infected  nature  pure  : 

Peace,  righteousness,  and  joy  impart, 
And  pour  thyself  into  my  heart '. 

365  t  «*■ 

Helpless,  in  sin  and  misery. 

WHOM  man  forsakes  thou  wilt  not  leave, 
Ready  the  outcasts  to  receive  : 
Though  all  my  simpleness  I  own, 
And  all  my  faults  to  thee  are  known. 

2  Ah!  wherefore  did  I  ever  doubt? 
Thou  wilt  in  nowise  cast  me  out, — 
A  helpless  soul,  that  comes  to  then 
With  only  sin  and  misery. 

3  Lord,  I  am  sick, — my  sickness  euro  : 
I  want, — do  thou  enrich  the  poor.- 
Under  thy  mighty  baud  I  stoop, 

O  lift  the" abject  sinner  up. 

4  Lord,  I  am  blind,— be  thou  my  Bight: 
Lord,  I  am  weak,— be  thou  my  might : 
A  helper  of  the  helpless  be, 

And  let  uic  fiud  my  all  in  thee. 


PENITENTIAL.  221 

366  L- M- 

Importunate  supplication. 

GOD  of  my  life,  what  just  return 
Can  sinful  dust  and  ashes  give  1 

1  only  live  my  sin  to  mourn : 
To  love  my  God  I  only  live. 

2  To  thee,  benign  and  saving  Power, 
I  consecrate  my  lengthen'd  days ; 

While,  mark'd  with  blessings,  every  hour 
Shall  speak  thy  co-extended  praise. 

S  Bo  all  my  added  life  employ'd 
Thine  image  in  my  soul  to  sec  : 

Fill  with  thyself  the  mighty  void ; 
Enlarge  my  heart  to  compass  thee. 

4  The  blessing  of  thy  love  bestow ; 
For  this  my  cries  shall  never  fail ; 

Wrestling,  I  will  not  let  thee  go,— 
I  will  not,  till  my  suit  prevail. 

5  Come,  then,  my  Hope,  my  Life,  ray  Lord, 
And  fix  in  me  thy  lasting  home ; 

Be  mindful  of  thy  gracious  word — 
Thou,  with  thy  promised  Father,  come. 

6  Prepare,  and  then  possess  my  heart: 
O  take  me,  seize  me  from  above  ; 

Thee  may  I  love,  for  God  thou  art ; 
Thee  may  I  feel ;  for  God  is  love ! 

367  9ta  p-  M-  5',  8T. 
The  true  light. 

LIGHT  of  those  whose  dreary  dwelling 
Borders  on  the  shades  of  death, 
Come,  and,  by  thyself  revealing, 

Dissipate  the  clouds  beneath. 
2  Thon,  new  heaven  and  earth's  Creator, 

In  our  deepest  darkness  rise ; 
Scatt'ring  all  the  night  of  nature,— 
Pouring  day  upon  our  eyes. 


222  PENITENTIAL. 

3  Still  we  wait  for  thine  appearing ; 
Lite  and  joy  thy  beams  impart, 

Chasing  all  our  fears,  and  cheering 
Every  poor,  benighted  heart. 

4  Come,  extend  thy  wonted  favour 
To  our  ruin'd,  guilty  race ; 

Come,  thou  blest,  exalted  Saviour; 
Come,  apply  thy  saving  grace. 

5  By  thine  all-atoning  merit, 
Every  burden'd  soul  release  ; 

By  the" teachings  of  thy  Spirit, 
Guide  us  into  perfect  peace. 

368  c.  m. 

I  would  be  thine. 

I  WOULD  be  thine ;  0  take  my  heart, 
And  fill  it  with  thy  love ; 
Thy  sacred  image,  Lord,  impart, 

And  seal  it  from  above. 
2  I  would  be  thine ;  but  while  I  strive 

To  give  myself  away, 
I  feel  rebellion  still  alive,  f 

And  wander  while  I  pray. 
S  I  would  be  thine ;  but,  Lord,  I  feel 

Evil  still  lurks  within  :— 
Do  thou  thy  majesty  reveal, 

And  overcome  my  sin. 
4  I  would  be  thine ;  I  would  embrace 

The  Saviour,  and  adore ; 
Inspire  with  faith,  infuse  thy  grace, 

And  now  my  soul  restore. 

3G9  L  M- 

Shut  vp  in  unbelief. 

IIGHT  of  the  Gentile  world,  appear; 
J  Command  the  blind  thy  raja 
Our  darkness  chase,  our  Borrows  cheer, 
And  set  the  plaintive  pris'ner  free. 


PENITENTIAL.  223 

1  Me,  me,  who  still  in  darkness  sit, 

Shut  up  in  sin  and  unbelief, 
Deliver  from  this  gloomy  pit,— 

This  dungeon  of  despairing  grief. 

3  Open  mine  eyes  the  Lamb  to  know, 
Who  bears  tile  gen'ral  sin  away ; 

And  to  my  ransom'd  spirit  show 
The  glories  of  eternal  day. 


370  4th  P.  M.  836,  88«> 

The  Man  on  Calvary. 

OTHOU  who  hast  our  sorrows  borne, 
Help  us  to  look  on  thee,  and  mourn, 
On  thee,  whom  we  have  slain : — 
Have  pierced  a  thousand,  thousand  times, 
And  by  reiterated  crimes 
Renew'd  thy  sacred  pain. 

2  O  give  us  eyes  of  faith  to  see 
The  Man  transfix'd  on  Calvary, — 

To  know  thee  who  thou  art ; 
The  One  Eternal  God  and  True 
And  let  the  sight  affect,  subdue, 

And  break  my  stubborn  heart. 

3  Lover  of  souls, — to  rescue  mine, 
Reveal  the  chanty  divine, 

That  suffer'd  in  my  stead  : — ■ 
That  made  thy  soul  a  sacrifice, 
And  quench'd'in  death  those  flaming  eyes, 

And  bow'd  that  sacred  head. 

4  The  veil  of  unbelief  remove ; 
And  by  thy  manifested  love, 

And  by  thy  sprinkled  blood, 
Destroy  the  love  of  sin  in  me, 
And  get  thyself  the  victory, 

And  bring  me  back  to  God. 


<J24  PENITENTIAL. 

371  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8 
The  veil  of  unbelief. 

OTHOU,  whom  fein  my  soul  would  love 
Whom  only  I  desire  to  know : 
This  veil  of  unbelief  remove, 

And  show  me  ;il!  thy  goodness,  6uov-' ; 
Jesus,  tbvself  in  me  reveal; 
Tell  me  thy  mime,  thy  nature  tell. 

2  Hr.st  thou  been  with  me,  Lord,  eo  Ion?, 
Yet  thee,  my  Lord,  have  I  not  known! 

1  claim  thee  with  a  falt'ring  tongue ; 
I  pray  thee,  in  a  feebl  I 

Tell  me,  0  tell  me,  who  thou  art, 
And  8peak  thy  name  into  my  heart. 

3  Tf  now  thou  talkest  by  the  way 
With  me,  the  abject  sinner,  me, 

The  mystery  of  grace  display; 

Open  mine  eyes  that  I  may  see  : 
That  I  may  understand  thy  word, 
And  now  cry  out, — It  is  the  Lord '. 

372  4,h  P-  M-  SS(3>  SS6' 
The  gift  of  faith. 

AUTHOR  of  faith,  to  thee  I  cry- 
To  thee,  who  wouldst  not  have  mc  die 
But  know  the  truth  and  live  : 
0)1011  mine  eyes  to  see  thy  face; 

Work  in  my  heart  the  saving  grace; 
The  life  eternal  give. 

2  Shut  up  in  unbelief,  I  groan, 
And  blindly  serve  a  G>  .1  unknown, 

Till  thou  the  veil  rem 
The  gift  unspeakable  impart, 
And  write  thy  Name  upon  nvy  heart, 

And  manifest  Ihy  love. 


PENITENTIAL.  225 

S  I  know  the  work  is  only  thine ; 
The  gift  of  faith  is  all  divine ; 

But,  if  on  thee  we  call, 
Thou  wilt  that  graeioua  gift  bestow, 
And  cause  our  hearts  to  feel  and  kuow 

That  thou  hast  died  for  r.IL 

4  Thou  bidd'st  us  knock  and  enter  in, — 
Come  unto  thee,  and  rest  from  sin, — 

The  blessing  seek  and  find : 
Thou  bidd'st  us  ask  thy  grace,  and  have ; 
Thou  canst,  thou  wonldst,  this  moment  save 

Both  me  and  all  mankind. 

5  Be  it  according  to  thy  word  , 
Now  let  me  rind  my  pard'ning  Lord; 

Let  what  I  ask  he  given  : 
The  bar  of  unbelief  remove ; 
Open  the  door  of  faith  and  love, 

And  let  me  into  heaven. 

373  s.  m« 

The  heart  of  siont. 

OTHAT  I  could  repent. 
With  all  my  idols  part, 
And  to  thy  gracious  eye  present 
An  humble,  contrite  heart ; 

2  A  heart  with  grief  oppressed, 
For  having  grieved  my  God ; 

A  troubled  heart,  that  cannot  rest 
Till  sprinkled  with  thy  blood. 

3  Jesus,  on  me  bestow 
The  penitent  desire; 

With  true  sincerity  of  wo 
My  aching  breast  inspire. 

4  With  soft'ning  pity  look, 
And  melt  my'hard'ness  down : 

Strike  with  thy  love's  resistless  strofcs 
And  break  this  heart  of  stone. 


226  PEMBPENTl 

374  -■--■ 

The  stulforn  heart. 

OFOR  a  glance  of  hear.: 
To  take  this  stubborn  heart  away; 
And  thaw,  with  beams  of  !"Ve  divine, 
This  heart,  this  frozen  heart  of  mine. 

2  The  roek3  can  rend;  the  earth  can  qunfce; 
The  seas  can  roar;  the  mountains  shake  : 
Of  feeling,  all  things  show  some  sign, 

But  this  unfeeling  heart  of  mine. 

3  To  hear  the  sorrows  th"u  hast  felt, 
O  Lord,  an  adamant  would  melt  : 
But  I  can  read  each  moping  line. 
And  nothing  moves  this  heart  of  mine. 

4  Thy  judgments  too,  whi 
Amazing  thought! — unmoved  I  hear; 
Goodness  and  wrath  in  vain  combine 
To  stir  this  stupid  heart  or'  mine. 

5  But  power  divine  can  do  the  deed ; 

1,  that  p.wer  I  greatly  need: 
Thy  Spirit  can  from  dross  refine, 
And  melt  and  change  this  heart  of  mice. 

375  1st  P.  M.  C  7iY.es  8*. 

Flit?! 

FATHER  of  J 
My  Friend  and  Advocate  with  thee, 
1   that  fain  w.  I 

thou  canst  make  him  known, 

And  in  my  heart  reveal   i' 

2  K,  drawn  by  thine  allurin?  grace, 

Show  me  in  Christ  thv  smiiir.j  i'nr-e,— 
What  flesh  and  hi  ■•■.  1  can  ne'er  reveal : 

.. 


PENITENTIAL.  227 

S  The  gift  unspeakable  impart  : 
Command  the  light  of  faith  to  shine— » 

To  shine  in  my  dark,  drooping  heart — 
And  fill  me  with  the  life  divine  : 

Now  bid  the  new  creation  be ; 

O  God,  let  there  be  faith  in  me  '. 

376  c-  M- 

To  God  all  things  are  possible. 

OTHAT  thou  wouldst  the  heavens  rend, 
In  majesty  come  down, — 
Stretch  out  thine  arm  omnipotent, 
And  seize  me  for  thine  own. 

2  Descend,  and  let  thy  lightnings  bum 

The  stubble  of  thy  foe  ; 
My  sins  o'erturn,  o'erturn,  o'erturn, 

And  make  the  mountains  flow. 

S  Thou  my  impetuous  spirit  guide, 

And  curb  my  headstrongwill ; 
Thou  only  canst  drive  back  the  tide, 

And  bid  the  sun  stand  still. 

4  "What  though  I  cannot  break  my  chain, 

Or  e'er  throw  off  my  load  ; 
The  things  impossible  to  men, 

Are  possible  to  God. 


377  C.  M. 

Continued.—  Urgent  pleadings. 

IS  there  a  thing  too  hard  for  thee, 
Almighty  Lord  of  all ; 
Whose  threat'ning  looks  dry  up  the  sea, 
And  make  the  mountains  "fall! 

2  Who,  who  shall  in  thy  presence  stand, 

And  match  Omnipotence? 
Un grasp  the  hold  of  thy  right  hand, 

Or  pluck  the  sinner  thepce! 


228  PENITENTIAL. 

3  Sworn  to  destroy,  let  earth  assail ; 
Nearer  to  save  thou  art; 

Stronger  than  all  the  powers  of  hell, 
And  greater  than  my  heart. 

4  Lo !  to  the  hills  I  lift  mine  eye ; 
Thy  promised  aid  1  claim  : 

Father  of  mercies,  glorify 
Thy  favourite  Jesus'  name. 

5  Salvation  in  that  name  is  found, 
Balm  of  my  grief  and  care  ; 

A  medicine  for  every  wound, — 
All,  all  I  want  is  "there. 

378  S.  M. 

The  Redeemer's  tears. 

DID  Christ  o'er  sinners  weep. 
And  shall  our  cheeks  be  dry  1 
Let  floods  of  penitential  grief 
Burst  forth  from  every  eye. 

2  The  Son  of  God  in  tears 
The  wond'ring  angels  see ; 

Be  thou  astonish'd,  O  my  Boul  ; 
He  shed  those  tears  fo'r  thee. 

3  lie  wept  that  we  might  weep; 
Each  sin  demands  a  tear : 

In  heaven  alone  no  sin  is  found, 
And  there's  no  weeping  there. 

379  lath  P.  M.  76,  16,  18,  76. 
Humility  and  contrition, 

TESUS,  let  thy  pitying  eye 
Call  back  a  wand'ring  sheep; 
False  tn  thee,  like  Peter,  I 

Would  fain  like  Peter  weep. 
Let  me  be  by  grace  restored; 

On  me  be  all  long-auff'ring  shown; 
Turn,  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 
And  breuk  my  heart  of  atone. 


PENITENTIAL.  229 

2  Saviour,  Prince,  enthroned  above, 
Repentance  to  impart, 

Give  me,  through  thy  dying  love, 
The  humble,  contrite  heart : 

Give  what  I  have  long  implored, 
A  portion  of  thy  grief  unknown  : 

Turn,  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 
And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 

3  For  thine  own  compassion's  sake, 
The  gracious  wonder  show, 

Cast  my  sins  behind  thy  back, 
And  wash  me  white  as  snow : 

If  thy  bowels  now  are  stirr'd, 
If  now  I  do  myself  bemoan, 

Turn,  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 
And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 

380        12th  P.  M.  76,  76,  73,  -6. 

Contimced. — The  heart  broken. 

SAVIOUR,  see  me  from  above, 
Nor  suffer  me  to  die  ; 
Life,  and  happiness,  and  love, 
Drop  from  thy  gracious  eye  : 
Speak  the  reconciling  word, 

And  let  thy  mercy  melt  me  down 
Turn,  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 
And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 

2  Look,  as  when  thine  eye  pursued 

The  first  apostate  man", — 
Saw  him  welt'ring  in  his  blood, 

And  bade  him  rise  again  ; 
Speak  my  paradise  restored  ; 

Redeem  me  by  thy  grace  alone  : 
Turn,  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 

And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 


230  PENITENTIAL. 

3  Look,  as  when  thy  languid  eye 

Was  closed  that  we  misrht  live; 
Father,  (at  the  point  to  die 

My  Saviour  prayM,)  :'  rgive! 
Surely  with  that  dying  word 

He  tarns,  and  Links,  and  erics, — 'Tisdone! 
O,  my  bleeding,  lovin?  Lord, 

Thou  bieak'it  myheAt  of  stone. 


i'st  myheAt 
riWiwm import; 


331       msw 

Determ^nmportunity. 

BECAUSE  for  me  the  Saviour  prays, 
And  pleads  Ids  death  for  me, 
God  hath  vouchsafed  a  longer  space, 
And  spared  the  barren  tree. 

2  Time  to  repent  thou  dost  bestow ; 
Now,  Lord,  the  power  impart, 

And  let  mine  eyes  with  tears  o'erflow, 
And  break  my  stubborn  heart. 

3  I  nr>w  from  all  my  sins  would  turn, 
To  my  atoning  God  ; 

And  look  on  him  I  pierced,  and  mourn, 
And  feel  the  sprinkled  blood : — 

4  Would  nail  my  passions  to  the  cross, 
Where  my  Redeemer  died; 

And  all  things  else  account  but  loss 
For  Jesus  crucified. 

penitential  pain, 
thy  cross  I  lie  ; 
Letermined  to  remain 
Till  thou  tliy  blood  apply. 

6  Forciveness  on  my  conscience  seal  ; 

With  purest  love  thy  servant  fill, 
And  number  with'the  blest. 


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PENITENTIAL.  231 

382  S.  M. 

Hardness  of  heart  lamented. 
THAT  I  could  revere 
My  much  offended  God ; 
O  that  I  could  but  stand  in  fear 
Of  thy  afflicting  rod  ! 

2  If  mercy  cannot  draw, 

Thou  by  thy  threat'nings  move  , 
And  keep  an  abject Ifoul  in  awe, 
That  will  not  yield  tolpve. 

3  Let  me  with  horror  fly 
From  every  sinful  snare  ; 

Nor  longer,  in  my  Judge's  eye, 
My  Judge's  anger  dare. 

4  Thou  great,  tremendous  God, 
The  conscious  awe  impart ; 

The  grace  be  now  on  m«  besto^'d, — • 
The  tender,  fleshly  heart. 

5  For  Jesus'  sake  alone, 
The  stony  heart  remove  ; 

And  melt  at  last,  O  melt  me  down, 
Into  the  mould  of  love. 

3§3  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  7s. 

The  Publican's  prayer. 
C  AVIOUR,  Prince  of  Israel's  race, 
O  Save  me  ; — from  thy  lofty  throne 
Give  the  sweet  relenting  grace  ; 

Soften  this  obdurate  stone; — 
Stone  to  flesh,  O  God,  convert ; 
Cast  a  look,  and  break  my  heart! 
-2  By  thy  Spirit,  Lord,  reprove  ; 

All  mine  inmost  sirs  reveal ; 
Sins  against  thy  light  and  love, 

Let  me  see,  and  let  me  feel ; 
Sins  that  crucified  iny  Lord, — ■ 
Spilt  again  thy  precious  blood. 


232  PENITENTIAL. 

S  Jesus,  seek  thy  wand'ring  sheep ; 

Make  me  restless  to  retnm ; 
Bid  me  look  on  thee,  and  weep, 

Bitterly  as  Peter  mourn  : 
Till  I  say,  by  grace  restored,— 
Now,  thou  know'st,  I  love  thee,  Lord. 

4  Might  I  in  thy  sight  appear 
Asthe  publican  distress'd ; 

Stand,  not  daring  to  draw  near ; 
Smite  on  my  unworthy  breast; 
Groan  tlie  sinner's  only  plea, — 
God  be  merciful  to  me  ! 

5  O  remember  me  for  good  : 
Passing  through  the  "mortal  vale, 

Show  me  the  atoning  blood  : 

When  my  strength  and  spirits  fail, 
Give  my  fainting  soul  to  see 
Jesus  crucified  for  me. 

384  c- M- 

Godly  sorrow. 

OFOR  that  tenderness  of  heart 
Which  b  iws  before  the  Lord, 
Acknowledging  h.'W  just  thou  art, 

And  trembling  at  thy  word  ; 
0  for  those  humble,  contrite  tears, 

Which  from  repentance  Dow  ; 
That  consciousness  of  guilt,  which  fears 
The  long-suspended  blow. 

S  Saviour,  to  me,  in  pity,  give 
rible  distress  ; 

The  pledge  Ihou  wilt  at  last  receive, 

And  bid  me  die  in  pi  at 
Wilt  from  the  dreadful  day  remove, 

Before  the  evil  come; 
My  si'iril  hide  with  saints  above, — 

My  b  dy,  in  the  tomb. 


PENITENTIAL.  233 

385  4th  P.  M.  S86,  886. 
languishing  for  deliverance. 

0  CONQUER  this  rebellious  will ! 
"Willing  thou  art,  and  ready  still ; 
Thy  help  is  always  nigh  : 
The  hardness  from  my  heart  remove, 
And  give  me,  Lord,  O  give  me  love, 
Or  at  thy  feet  I  die. 

2  To  thee  I  lift  mv  mournful  eye  : 
Why  am  I  thus!  'O  tell  me  why 

I  cannot  love  my  God. 
The  hindrance  must  be  all  in  me  : 
It  cannot  in  my  Saviour  be  ; — 

Witness  that  streaming  blood. 

S  It  cost  thy  blood  my  heart  to  win, 
To  buy  me  "from  the  power  of  sin, 

And"  make  me  love  again  : 
Come,  then,  my  Lord,  thy  right  assert; 
Take  to  thyself  my  ransom'd  heart, 

Nor  bleed  nor  die  in  vain. 

386  l.  m. 

Deprecating  eternal  death. 

FATHER,  if  I  may  call  thee  so, 
Regard  my  fearful  heart's  desire  : 
Remove  this  load  of  guilty  wo, 
Nor  let  me  in  my  sins  expire. 

2  I  tremble,  lest  the  wrath  divine, 
Which  bruises  now  my  wretched  soul, 

Should  braise  this  wretched  soul  of  mine 
Long  as  eternal  ages  roll. 

3  I  deprecate  that  death  alone, — 
That  endless  banishment  from  thee ; 

O  save,  and  give  me  to  thy  Son, 
Who  suffer'd,  wept,  and  bled  for  me. 


234r  PENITENTIAL. 

387  11th  P.  M.  76,  76,  77,  76. 

Self-abasement. 

GRACIOUS  God,  my  sins  forgive; 
Thy  Spirit  now  impart ; 
Then  shall  I  in  thee  believe 
With  all  my  loving  heart : 
Always  unto  Jesus  look, — 

Him  In  heavenly  glory  see, 
Who  to  save  me  undertook, 
And  ever  prays  for  me. 

2  Grace,  in  answer  to  his  prayer, 
Fulness  of  grace  bestow  ; 

That  I  may  with  zealous  care 

Perform  "thy  will  below; 
Rooted  hi  humility, 

Still  in  every  state  resign'd,— 
Plant,  Almighty  Lord,  in  me 

A  meek  and  lowly  mind. 

3  Poor  and  vile  in  my  own  eyes, 
With  self-abasing  shame 

Still  I  would  myself  despise, 

And  magnify  thy  name. 
The,-  let  every  creature  bless; 

Praise  alone  to  God  be  given; 
God  alone  deserves  the  praise 

Of  all  in  earth  and  heaves. 

38g  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  7s. 

The  onhj  Refuge. 

TKSFS.  lover  of  my  soul. 
Lei  mi'  t"  thy  bosom  fly. 

While  ill''  nearer  wat, 

While  the  tempest  still  is  nigh ; 
Hide  me,  0  my  Saviour,  bide, 

Till  tlie  si'.nn  of  life  is  past; 
Safe  into  the  haven 
0  receive  my  soul  at  last. 


PENITENTIAL.  235 

2  Othe»  refuge  have  I  none  ; 

Hangs  my  helpless  soul  on  thee  : 
Leave,  O  leave  me  not  alone ; 

Still  support  and  comfort  me  : 
All  my  trust  en  thee  is  stay'd ; 

All  my  help  from  thee  I  bring ; 
Cover  my  defenceless  head     . 

With  {he  shadow  of  thy  wing. 

S  Thou,  O  Christ,  art  all  I  want : 

More  than  all  in  thee  I  find  : 
Raise  the  fallen,  cheer  the  faint. 

Heal  the  sick,  and  lead  the  blind. 
Just  and  holy  is  thy  name ; 

I  am  all  unrighteousness  ; 
False,  and  full  of  sin  I  am  ; 

Thou  art  full  of  truth  and  grace, 

4  Plenteous  grace  with  thee  is  found, — 

Grace  to  cover  all  my  sin  : 
Let  the  healing  streams  abound : 

Make  and  keep  me  pure  within. 
Thou  of  life  the  fountain  art ; 

Freely  let  me  take  of  thee  : 
Spring  thou  up  within  my  heart ; 

Puse  to  all  eternity. 

389  l.  m. 

«.  Seeking  deliverance  and  rest. 

AWAKED  from  sin's  delusive  sleep, 
My  heavy  guilt  I  feel,  and  weep : 
Beneath  a  weight  of  woes  oppressed, 
I  come  to  thee,  my  Lord,  for  rest. 

1  Now,  from  thy  throne  of  grace  above, 
Look  down  upon  my  soul  in  love ; — 
That  smile  shall  sweeten  all  my  pain, 
And  make  my  soul  rejoice  again. 


23G  PENITENTIAL. 

3  By  thy  divine,  transforming  power, 
My  ruin'd  nature  now  restore  ; 
AnJ  let  my  life  nud  temper  shme, 
In  blest  resemblance,  Lord,  to  thine. 

390  1st  P.  M.  6  line*  Ss. 
The  mourner  blessed. 

JESUS,  if  still  the  same  thou  art, 
If  all  thy  promises  are  sure, 
Set  up  thy  kingdom  in  my  heart, 

And  make  me  rich,  for  t  am  poor : 
To  me  be  all  thy  treasures  given, — 
The  kingdom  of  an  inward  heaven. 

2  Thou  hast  pronounced  the  mourner  blest, 
And  lo '.  for  thee  I  ever  mourn ; 

I  cannot,  no,  I  will  not  rest, 

Till  thou,  my  only  rest,  return ; 
Till  thou,  the  Prince  of  peace,  appear, 
And  1  receive  the  Comforter. 

3  Where  is  the  blessedness  bestow'd 
On  all  that  hunger  after  thee! 

1  hunger  now,  I  thirsi  for  God ; 
See  the  poor  fainting  sinner,  see ; 

Aud  satisfy  with  endless  peace, 
And  fill  me  with  thy  righteousness. 

391  c  M- 

Pleading  tke  promises, 
'ERCY  alone  can  meet  my  case; 
L  For  mercy,  Lord,  I  cry  : 
Jesus,  Redeemer,  Bhow  thy  face 
In  mercy,  or  I  die  : — 

2  I  perish,  and  my  doom  were  just  j 
But  wilt  thou  leave  me? — No: 

1  hold  thee  fast,  my  hope,  my  trust; 
I  will  not  let  thee  go. 


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PENITENTIAL.  237 

3  Still  sure  to  me  thy  promise  stands, 
And  ever  must  abide  : 

Behold  it  written  on  thy  hands, 
And  graven  in  thy  side. 

4  To  this,  this  only  will  I  cleave , 
Thy  word  is  all  my  plea ; 

That  word  is  truth,  and  I  believe  : — 
Have  mercy,  Lord,  on  me. 

392  c.  m. 

Prisoner  of  hope. 

LET  the  redeem'd  give  thanks  and  praise 
To  a  forgiving  God ; 
My  feeble  voice  I  cannot  raise, 
Till  wash'd  in  Jesus'  blood  : — 

2  Till,  at  thy  coming  from  above, 
My  mountain  sin  depart, 

And  fear  give  place  to  filial  love, 
And  peace  o'erfiow  my  heart. 

3  Pris'ner  of  hope,  I  still  attend 
The'  appearance  of  my  Lord, 

These  endless  doubts  and  fears  to  end, 
And  speak  my  soul  restored  : — 

4  Restored  by  reconciling  grace  ; 
With  present  pardon  blest; 

And  fitted  by  true  holiness 
For  my  eternal  rest. 

5  The  peace  which  man  can  ne'er  conceive, 
The.  love  and  jov  unknown, 

Now,  Father,  to  thy  servant  give, 
And  claim  me  for  thine  own. 

6  My  God,  in  Jesus  pacified, 
My  God,  thyself  declare ; 

And  draw  me  to  his  open  side, 
And  plunge  the  sinner  there. 


238  PENITENTIAL. 

393  S.  M. 

Deprecating  the  wrath  to  come. 

OTHOU  that  wouldst  not  have 
One  wretched  sinner  die  ; 
Who  diedst  thyself,  my  soul  to  save 

From  endless  misery: — 
Show  me  the  way  to  'shun 

Thy  dreadful  wrath  severe ; 
That  when  thou  comest  on  thy  throne, 

I  may  with  joy  appear. 
2  Thou  art  thyself  the  Way; 

Thyself  in  me  reveal ; 
So  shall  I  spend  my  life's  short  day, 

Obedient  to  thy  will  : 
So  shall  I  love  my  God, 

Because  he  first  loved  me; 
And  praise  thee  in  thy  bright  abode, 

To  all  eternity. 

394  c-  "■ 

The  Sun  of  righteousness. 

OSUN  of  righteousness,  arise 
With  healing  in  thy  wing; 
To  my  diseased,  my  fainting  soul, 
Life  and  salvation  bring. 

2  These  clouds  of  pride  and  sin  dispel, 
By  thy  all-piercing  beam  : 

Lighten  mine  eyes  with  faith;  my  heart 
With  holy  hope  inflame. 

3  My  mind,  by  thy  all-cmiclt'ning  power, 
From  h'W  mi  '-;if<  s.  t  tree  ; 

Unite  my  scattered  thoughts,  and  fix 
My  love  entire 

4  Father,  thy  long-lost  s.'n  receive; 
Saviour,  thy  purchase  own; 

Blest  Comforter,  with  peace  and  joy 
Thy  new-niado  creature  crown. 


PENITENTIAL.  239 

€  Eternal,  undivided  Lord, 

Co-equal  One  in  Three,— 
On  thee  all  faith,  all  hope  be  placed ; 

All  love  be  paid  to  thee. 

305  6th  P.  M.  €  lime  7s, 

Help,  or  I  perish. 

BY  thy  birth,  and  by  thy  tears ; 
By  ihy  human  griefs  and  fears; 
By  thy  conflict  in  the  hour 
Of  the  subtle  tempter's  power, — 
Saviour,  look  frith  pitying  eye ; 
Saviour,  help  me,  or  I  die. 

2  By  the  tenderness  that  wept 
O'er  the  grave  where  Laz'rus  slept; 
By  the  bitter  tears  that  flow'd 
Over  Salem's  lost  abode, — 
Saviour,  look  with  pitying  eye  ; 
Saviour^  help  me,  or  1  die. 

3  By  thy  lonely  hour  of  prayer; 
By  the  fearful  conflict  there ; 
By  thy  cross  and  dying  cries ; 
By  thy  one  great  sacrifice, — 
Saviour,  look  with  pitying  eye; 
Saviour,  help  me,  or  I  die. 

4  By  thy  triumph  o'er  the  grave; 
By  thy  power  the  lost  to  save ; 
By  thy  high,  majestic  throne  ; 
By  the  empire  ail  thine  own, — 
Saviour,  look  with  pitying  eye  ; 
Saviour,  help  me,  or  Idle. 

398  c-  «■ 

Humble  and  earnest  entreaties. 
TTEAR,  gracious  God,  my  humble  prayer 
XI  To  thee  I  breathe  my*  sighs ; 
When  will  the  cheering  mora  appear 
And  when  my  joys  arkej 


240  PENITENTIAL. 

2  My  God !  0  conld  I  make  the  claim— 
My  Father,  and  nay  Friend  ; 

And  call  thee  mine,  by  every  name 
On  which  thy  saints"  depend ; — 

3  By  every  name  of  power  and  love, 

1  would  thy  grace  entreat ; 

Nor  should  mv  "humble  hopes  remove, 
Nor  leave  thy  morcy-seat. 

4  Yet,  though  my  soul  in  darkness  mourns, 
Thy  word  is  all  my  stay ; 

Here  would  I  rest  till  light  returns : 
Thy  presence  makes  my 

5  Speak,  Lord,  and  bid  celestial  peace 
Relieve  mv  aching  heart; 

O  make  my  heavy  sorrows  cease, 
And  all  the  gloom  depart. 

6  Then  shall  my  drooping  spirit  rise, 
And  bless  thy  healing  rays  ; 

And  change  these  deep,  complaining  sighs, 
For  songs  of  sacred  praise. 

397  s.  m. 

Bumble  confession. 

FT  sorrow  I  lament, 
Before  thy  feet,  my  God, 
Mv  passion," pride,  and  discontent, — 
My  vile  ingratitude. 

2  Ne'er  was  a  heart  more  base 
And  false  than  mine  has  been; 

More  faithless  to  its  promises,— 
More  prone  to  every  sin. 

3  How  long.  Lord,  shall  I  feci 

in  my  breast! 
V*hen  wilt  thou  bow  my  stubborn  will, 
And  give  my  conscience  rest! 


PENITENTIAL.  241 

4  Break  thcu>0  break  the  charm, 

And  set  the  captive  free  : 
Eeve'al,  great  God,  thy  mighty  ana, 

Aad  haste  to  rescue  me. 

398  L- M- 

Condemned,  hut  pleading  the  promises, 

SHOW  pity,  Lord,  0  Lord,  forgive ; 
Let  a  repenting  rebel  live. 
Are  not  thy  mercies  large  and  free  « 
May  not  a  sinner  trust  in  thee  ? 

2  My  crimss  are  great,  but  don't  surpass 
The  power  and  glory  of  thy  grace  ; 
Great  Gcd,  thy  nature  hath  no  bound, — ■ 
So  let  thy  pard'mng  love  be  found. 

3  O  wash  my  soul  from  every  sin, 
And  make  my  guilty  conscience  clean ; 
Here  on  my  heart  the  burden  lies, 
And  past  offences  pain  my  eyes. 

4  My  lips  with  shame  my  sins  confess, 
Against  thy  law,  against  thy  grace  ; 
Lord,  should  thy  judgments  grow  severe, 
I  am  condemivd,  but  thou  art  clear. 

5  Should  sudden  vengeance  seize  my  breath 
I  must  pronounce  thee  just,  in  death 

And  if  my  soul  were  sent  to  hell, 
Thy  righteous  law  approves  it  well. 

6  Yet  save  a  trembling  sinner,  Lord, 
"Whose  hope,  still  hov'ring  round  thy  word, 
"Would  light  on  some  sweet  promise  there,— 
Some  sure  support  against  despair.    "~ 

399  c.  m. 

Self  loathed ;  Christ  exalted, 

0  COULD  I  lose  myself  in  thee, 
Thy  depth  of  mercy  prove, — 
Thou  vast,  unfathomable  sea 
Of  unexhausted  love. 


212  PENITENTIAL. 

2  My  inputted  soul,  when  thou  art  near, 
In  dust  and  ashes  lies  : 

How  shall  a  sinful  worm  appear, 
Or  meet  thy  purer  eye s  ? 

3  I  loathe  myself  when  God  I  s«e, 
And  into  nothing  fall ; 

Content  if  thou  exalted  be, 
And  Christ  be  all  in  ail 

400  s.  m. 

The  onhi  expwtwn. 

PF.OSTRATE  at  Jesus'  feet, 
A  guilty  rebel  lies ; 
And  upward  to  the  mercy-seat, 
Presumes  to  lift  his  eye.;. 

2  Will  justice  frown  me  hence! 
Slay,  Lord,  the  vengeful  storm; 

Forbid  it,  that  Omnipotence 
Should  crush  a  feeble  worm. 

3  Tf  sorrow  would  suffice 
To  pay  the  debt  I  owe, 

Tears  should,  from  both  my  weeping  eyes, 
In  ceaseless  currents  flow. 

4  But  tears  I  will  not  plead 
To  expiate  my  guilt*. 

No  tears,  but  there  which  thou  hast  shod,— 
No  blood,  but  thou  hast  spilt. 

5  Think  of  thy  Borrows,  Lord! 
And  all  nry  sins  forgive  ; 

Then  justice'wili  approve  the  word 
That  bids  the  sinner  live. 

401  c-  M- 

Knocking  at  the  door  of  mercti. 

IORD,  at  thy  feet  we  sinners  lie, 
1  And  knock  at  mercj ' 
With  heavy  heart,  and  downcast  eye, 
Thy  favour  we  implore. 


PENITENTIAL.  243 

2  'Without  thy  grace,  we  sink  oppress'd, 
Down  to  the  gates  of  hell ; 

0  give  our  troubled  spirits  rest, — 
Uur  gloomy  fears  dispel. 

3  'Tis  mercy,  mercy,  cow  we  plead ; 
Let  thy  compassion  move  ; 

Mercy,  that  led  thee  once  to  bleed, 
In  tenderness  and  love. 

4  In  mercy,  now,  fur  Jesus'  sake, 
O  God,  our  sins  forgive  ; 

Thy  grace  our  stubborn  hearts  can  break, 
And,  breaking,  bid  us  live. 

402  5th  p-  M-  4  Unes  ,s- 

With  thee  there  is  mercy. 

SOV'REIGN  Ruler,  Lord  of  all, 
Prostrate  at  thy  feet  I  fall ; 
Hear,  O  hear,  my  ardent  cry, — 
Frown  not,  lest  I  faint  and  die. 

2  Vilest  of  the  sons  of  men, — 
Worst  of  rebels,  I  have  been ; 
Oft  abused  thee  to  thy  face, — 
Trampled  on  thy  richest  grace. 

3  Justly  might  thy  vengeful  dart 
Pierce  "this  bk-edii'ig,  broken  heart  ;— 
Justly  might  thy  kindled  ire 

Send  me  to  eternal  fire. 

4  But  with  thee  is  mercy  found, — 
Balm  to  heal  my  every  wound ; 
Soothe,  O  soothe  this  troubled  breast,— 
Give  the  weary  wand'rer  rest. 

403  5th  P-  M.  4  Unes  7s. 
Mercy  for  the  chief  of  sinners. 

DEPTH  of  mercy !  can  there  be 
Mercy  still  reserved  for  me  ? 
Can  my  God  his  wrath  forbear! 
Me,  the  chief  of  sinners,  spare  ? 


244  PENITENTIAL. 

2  I  have  long  withstood  his  grace ; 
Long  provoked  him  to  his  face  ? 
"Would  not  hearken  to  his  calls ; 
Grieved  him  by  a  thousand  falls. 

3  Now  incline  me  to  repent; 
Let  me  now  my  sins  lament ; 
Now  my  foul  revolt  deplore, 
Weep,  believe,  and  sin  no  more. 

4  Kindled  his  relettings  are ; 
Me  he  now  delights  to  spare ; 
Cries,  How  shall  I  give  thee  up! — 
Lets  the  lilted  thunder  drop. 

5  There  for  me  the  Saviour  stands ; 
Shows  his  wounds,  and  spreads  his  hands ; 
God  is  love !  I  know,  I  feel ; 

Jesus  weeps,  and  loves  me  still. 

404  c- "• 

Uniocaried  earnestness. 

FATHER,  I  stretch  my  hands  to  thee ; 
No  other  help  I  know  : 
If  thou  withdraw  tlivself  from  me 
Ah!  whither  shall' I  go! 

2  What  did  thine  only  Son  endure, 
Before  I  drew  my  breath  ! 

What  pain,  what  labour,  to  secure 
My  soul  from  endless  death  1 

3  O  Jesus,  could  I  this  believe, 
I  now  should  feel  thy  p 

And  all  my  wauls  thou  wouldst  relieve, 
In  this  accepted  hour. 

4  Author  of  faith !  to  thee  I  lift 
My  weaiy,  longing  eves : 

O  let  me  now  receive  that  t,'ift, — 
My  60ul  without  it  dies. 


PENITENTIAL.  245 

5  Surely  thou  canst  not  let  me  die  . 
O  speak,  and  I  shall  live ; 

And  here  I  will  unwearied  lie, 
Till  thou  thy  Spirit  give. 

6  How  would  my  fainting  soul  rejoice, 
Could  I  but  see  thy  face  ; 

Now  let  me  hear  thy  quick'ning  voice, 
And  taste  thy  pard'ning  grace. 


405  12th  P.  M.  76,  76,  78,  76. 

Seeking  refuge  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb. 

GOD  of  my  salvation,  hear, 
And  help  me  to  believe ; 
Simply  do  I  now  draw  near, 

Thy  blessing  to  receive. 
Full  of  guilt,  alas !  I  am, 

But  to  thy  wounds  for  refuge  flee  : 
Friend  of  sinners,  spotless  Lamb, 
Thy  blood  was  shed  for  me. 

2  Standing  now  as  newly  slain, 
To  thee  I  lift  mine  eye  ; 

Balm  of  all  my  grief  and  pain, 

Thy  blood  is  always  nigh. 
Now  as  yesterday  the  same 

Thou  art,  and  wilt  forever  be  : 
Friend  of  sinners,  spotless  Lamb, 

Thy  blood  was  shed  for  me. 

3  No  good  word,  or  work,  or  thought, 
Bring  I  to  buy  thy  grace ; 

Pardon  I  accept,  unbought, — 

Thy  proffer  I  embrace. 
Coming  as  at  first  I  came, 

To  take,  and  not  bestow  on  thee  : 
Friend  of  sinners,  spotless  Lamb, 

Thy  blood  was  shed  for  me. 


240  PENITENTIAL. 

406  c.  m. 

Pleading  Ills  gracious  name. 

LORD,  I  approach  the  mercy-seat, 
Where  thou  dost  answer  prayer; 

There  humbly  fall  before  thy  feet,— 
For  none  can  perish  there. 

2  Thy  promise  is  my  only  plea ; 
With  this  I  venture  nigh ; 

Thou  callest  burden'd  souls  to  thee, 
And  such,  O  Lord,  am  I. 

3  Bow'd  down  beneath  a  load  of  sin, 
By  Satan  sorely  pressed; 

By  wars  without,  and  tears  within, 
I  come  to  thee  tor  rest. 

4  -i  my  shield  and  hiding-place  ; 
helter'd  near  thy  side, 

I  .  -,V  ice  in  Jesus'  grace, — 

In  Jesus  crucified. 

5  O,  wondrous  love ! — to  bleed  and  die, 
To  bear  the  cross  and  shame, 

That  guilty  sinners,  such  as  I, 
Might  plead  thy  gracious  name. 

407  l.  m. 

The  scejitre  of  ITis  love. 

IESUS,  whose  glory's  Btrearaihg  rays, 
Though  £1  tei  o  •    i  thj  hi{  b  command, 
Not  siTaphs  view  with  open  face, 

But  v.  il'.i  before  thy  presence  stand  :— 

2  Hi  w  shall  weafc  eyi  s  of  flesh,  weigh'd  dom 
With  sin,  and  dim  with  error's  night, 

hold  thy  awful  throne. 
Or  view  thy  unapproached  light! 

3  Thy  golden  sceptre  fi  >m  above 

Reach  forth  ,  lo!  my  whole  heart  I  bow; 
Say  to  my  soul,— Thou  art  my  love,— 
My  chosen  'midst  ten  thousand,  thou. 


PENITENTIAL.  247 

4  0  Jesus,  full  of  grace!  the  sighs 
Of  a  sick  heart  with  pity  view; 

Hark,  how  my  silence  speaks,  and  cries,— 
Mercy,  thou  God  of  mercy,  show  '. 

408  L- M- 

The  only  plea. 
TESUS,  the  sinner's  friend,  to  thee, 

0  Lost  and  undone,  for  aid  I  flee  ; 
Weary  of  earth,  myself,  and  sin : 
Open  thine  arms,  and  take  me  in. 

2  Pity  and  heal  my  sin-sick  soul; 
'Tis  thou  alone  canst  make  me  whole ; 
Dark,  till  in  me  thine  image  shine, 
And  lost,  I  am,  till  thou  art  mine. 

3  At  last  I  own  it  cannot  be  • 
That  I  should  fit  myself  for  thee 
Here,  then,  to  thee  I  all  resign ;  <U 
Thine  is  the  work,  and  only  thine. 

4  What  shall  I  say  thy  grace  to  move  I 
Lord,  I  am  sin, — but  thou  art  love  : 

1  give  up  every  plea  beside, — 
Lord,  I  am  lost — but  thou  hast  died. 

409  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  Ta. 
Clinging  to  the  cross. 

POCK  of  ages,  cleft  for  me, 
JAi  Let  me  hide  myself  in  thee ; 
Let  the  water  and'the  blood, 
From  thv  wounded  side  which  flow'd, 
Be  of  sin  the  double  cure- 
Save  from  wrath,  and  make  me  pure. 

2  Could  my  tears  forever  flow, — 
Could  my  zeal  no  languor  know, — 
These  for  sin  could  not  atone  ; 
Thou  must  save,  and  thou  alone : 
In  my  hand  no  price  I  bring ; 
Simply  to  the  cross  I  cling. 


248 


PEXITEXTIAL. 


3  While  I  draw  this  fleeting  breath, 
When  my  eyes  shall  close  in  death, 
When  I  rise  to  worlds  unknown, 
And  behold  thee  on  thv  throne, — 
Rock  of  ages,  cleft  forme, 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  thee. 

410  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  7s. 

Now  U  the  day  of  salvation. 
"nTIY  not  now,  my  God,  my  God? 
1 )    Ready  if  thou  always  art, 
Make  in  me  thy  mean  abode,— 
Take  possession  of  my  heart: 
If  thou  canst  bo  greatly  bow, 
'  Friend  of  sinners,  why  not  now  I 

£  God  of  love,  in  this  thy  day, 

For  thyself  to  thee  I  cry; 
Dying,— if  thou  still  delay, 

Must  I  not  forever  die  > 
Enter  now  thy  poorest  home ; 
Now,  my  utmost  Saviour,  come. 

411  4th  P.  M.  886,886. 

Pleading  the  Saviour's  vicarious  sacrifice. 

PROSTRATE,  with  eyes  of  faith,  I  see 
My  Saviour  nail'd  npon  the  tree, 
For  me  a  victim  made ; 
Himself  presenting  to  the  skies 
The  grand  vicarious  sacrifice, 
And  on  the  altar  laid. 

2  Well  ph  1  above, 

His  6RC1  v.: 

1  plead  before  the  throne  : 
Father,  a  prodigal  I 

And  bid  a  live, — 

The  purchase  of  tli\  Si  :>. 


PENITENTIAL.  249 

412  4th  P.  M.  886,  836. 
Pleading  the  sacrificial  death  of  Christ. 

OLAMB  of  God,  for  sinners  slain, 
I  plead  with  thee,  my  suit  to  gain, — 
I  plead  what  thou  hast  done  : 
Didst  thou  not  die  the  death  for  me  5 
Jesus,  remember  Calvary, 
And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 

_  Receive  the  purchase  of 
My  Friend  and  Advocate 

Mv  ransom  and  my  peace  : 
My  Surety  !  thou  my  debt  hast  paid, 
For  all  my  sins  atonement  made, — 

The  Lord  my  righteousness. 

S  O  let  thy  Spirit  shed  abroad 
The  love  of  my  redeeming  God, 

In  this  cold  heart  of  mine  : 
O  might  He  now  descend,  and  rest 
Forever  in  this  troubled  breast, 

And  keep  me  ever  thine. 

413  L.  M. 

The  sacrifice  of  a  broken  heart. 

THOUGH  I  have  grieved  thy  Spirit,  Lord, 
Thy  help  and  comfort  still  afford  ; 
And  let  a  wretch  come  near  thy  throne 
To  plead  the  merits  of  thy  Son. 

2  A  broken  heart,  my  God,  my  King, 
Is  all  the  sacrifice  I  bring ; 

Thou  God  of  grace,  wilt  thou  despise 
A  broken  heart  for  sacrifice  \ 

3  My  soul  lies  humbled  in  the  dnst, 
And  owns  the  dreadful  sentence  just : 
Look  down,  O  Lord,  with  pitying  eye, 
And  save  a  soul  condemn'd  to  iiie. * 


250  PENITENTIAL. 

414  C.  M. 

Looking  unto  Jesus. 

THOU  Lamb  of  God,  for  sinners  slain, 
To  thee  I  humbly  pray; 
O  heal  me  cf  my  grief  and  pain, — 

And  take  my  'sins  away. 
Now  from  this  bondage,  Lord,  release, 

And  give  the  wand'rer  rest: 
Redeemer.  Saviour,  sea!  my  peace, 
And  take  me  to  thy  breast. 

2  Thou  wilt  not  cast  n  sinner  out, 
Who  humbly  comes  to  thee  ; 

My  gracious  Lord,'I  cannot  doubt 

Thy  mercy  is  tor  me  : 
O  let  me  now  obtain  the  grace, 

And  find  »ht  rest : 

Redeemer,  Savi-ur.  seal  my  peace, 

And  take  me  to  thy  breast. 

3  Mere  worldly  good  I  do  not  want ; 
Be  that  to  i  there  given  : 

"While  <  lily  for  thy  love  I  pant, 

My  all  in  earth  or  heaven  : 
This  is  the  crown  Main  wonld  seize, — 

With  which  I  would  be. West: 
Redeemer,  Saviour,  seal  my  i 

And  take  me  to  thy  breast. 

415  12th.  P.  M.  76,  76,  78,  76- 


w 


ft  distreas'd, 

Ah!  whither  shall   1  fly  J 

rest,— 

I  cannot  find  it  nigh  : 

1  blind,— 
ii  iery,— 
Mend  of  i  in  ters.  let  me  find  ' 
My  help,  u.y  all  in  thee. 


PENITENTIAL.  251 

2  Jesus,  full  of  truth  and  grace, 
In  thee  is  all  I  want  ; 

Be  the  wand'rer's  resting-place,— 

A  cordial  to  the  faint : 
Make  me  rich,  for  I  am  poor ; 

In  thee  may  I  my  Eden  find ; 
To  the  dying,  health  restore, 

And  eye-sight  to  the  blind. 

3  Clothe  me,  Lord,  with  holiness, 
With  meek  humility; 

Put  on  me  that  glorious  dress,— 

Endue  my  soul  with  thee  : 
Let  thine  image  be  restored ; 

Thy  name  and  nature  let  me  prove; 
With  thy  fulness  fill  me,  Lord, 

And  perfect  me  in  love. 

416  c.  m. 

The  conquering  love  of  Jesus. 

OTHAT  I  could  my  Lord  receive, 
Who  did  the  world  redeem ; 
Who  gave  his  life  that  I  might  live 
A  life  conceal'd  in  him. 

2  O  that  I  could  the  blessing  prove, — 
My  heart's  extreme  desire  ; 

Live  happy  in  my  Saviour's  love, 
And  in  his  arms  expire. 

3  Mercy  I  ask  to  seal  my  peace, 
That,  kept  by  mercy's  power, 

I  may  from  every  evil  cease,, 
And  never  grieve  thee  more. 

4  Now,  if  thy  gracious  will  it  be, 
E'en  now  my  sins  remove, 

And  set  my  son]  at  liberty 
By  thy  victorious  love. 


So2  PENITENTIAL. 

417  L.  M. 

Onhj  Jesus. 
"UTTTENT,  gracious  Lord,  -when  tLall  it  be 
W    That  I  shall  find  my  all  in  thee  J 
The  fulness  of  thy  promise  prove, — 
The  seal  of  thine  eternal  love? 

2  A  poor  blind  child  I  wander  here, 
If  haply  I  may  feel  thee  near: 

O  dark !  dark  !  dark  !  I  still  must  say, 
Amidst  the  blaze  of  gospel  day. 

0  Thee,  only  thee,  I  fain  would  find, 
And  east  the  world  and  flesh  behind; 
Thou,  only  thou,  to  me  be  given, 

Of  all  thou  hast  in  earth  or  I 
4  When  from  the  arm  of  flesh  set  free, 
Jesus,  my  soul  shall  fly  to  thee  : 
ten  I  have  lost  my  all, 

1  shall  upon  thy  bosom  fall. 

418  B.  M. 

Waiting  at  t7ie  cross. 

FATHER,  I  dare  believe 
Thee  merciful  and  true  : 
Thou  wilt  my  guilty  soul- forgive, — 

My  fallen  soul  renew. 
<2  i     me  then,  for  Jesus'  sake, 

And  bid  my  hearl  be  clean : 
An  end  of  nil  my  troubles  make, — 
of  ail  my  sin. 

3  I  cannot  wash  my  heart, 

I'rt    I'Y    In-lil'vi: 

And  waiting  for  thy  blood  to'  impart 
The  s]"  Hess  purity. 

4  While  at  thy  cross  I  lie, 

7S    .v  thy  nil  cleansing  blood  apply, 
And  I  am  white  as  snow. 


PENITENTIAlA         253 

4X9  loth  p.  u\nes  Si. 

Save,  Lord,  or  I  perish . 

0  JESUS,  in  pity  draw  near; 
_    Come  quickly  "to  help  a  lost  sour 
To  comfort  a  mourner,  appear, 

And  make  a  poor  penitent  whole  : 
The  balm  of  thyrnercy  apply ; 

(Thou  seest  the  sore  anguish  I  feel ;) 
Save,  Lord,  or  I  perish,  I  die ; 

O  save,  or  I  sink  into  hell. 
2  I  sink,  if  thou  longer  delay 

Thy  pardoning  mercy  to  show  : 
Come  quickly,  and  kindly  display 

The  power  of  thy  passion  below  : 
By  all  thou  hast  done  for  my  sake, 

One  drop  of  thy  blood  I  implore  ; 
Now,  now  let  it  touch  me,  and  make 

The  sinner — a  sinner  no  more. 

420  l.  m. 

Deprecating  the  withdrawal  of  the  Spirit. 

STAY,  thou  insulted  Spirit,  stay, 
Though  I  have  done  thee  such  despite ; 
Nor  cast  the  sinner  quite  away, 

Nor  take  thine  everlasting  flight. 
2  Though  I  ha%-e  steel 'd  my  stubborn  heart, 

And  shaken  off  my  guilty  fears  ; 
And  vex'd,  and  urged  thee  to  depart, 

For  many  long  rebellious  years  : 
S  Though  I  have  most  unfaithful  been, 

Of  all  who  e'er  thy  grace  received  ; 
Ten  thousand  times  thy  goodness  seen ;  . 

Ten  thousand  times  thy  goodness  grieved : 
4  Yet,  O !  the  chief  of  sinners  spare, 

In  honour  of  my  great  High  Priest ; 
Nor  in  thy  righteous  anger  swear 

To'  exclude  me  from  thy  people's  rest. 


254  PENITENTIAL. 

421  10th  P.  M.  S  lines  8s. 

4rc;it  desires  for  the  Spirit's  influences. 

CpIE,  holy,  celestial  D..ve, 
To  visit  a  sorrowful  breast ; 
jr  burden  of  guilt  to  remove, 
And  bring:  me  assurance  and  rest. 
i.'hou  only  Last  power  to  relieve 

A  Eirmer  o'erwhelm'd  with  his  load ; 
The  sense  of  acceptance  to  awe. 
And  sprinkle  his  heart  with  the  blood. 

2  With  me  if  of  old  thou  hast  strove; 
And  strangely  withheld  me  from  sin, 

And  tried,  by  the  lure  of  thv  love, 
My  worthless  affections  to  win; 

The  work  of  thy  mercy  revive  ; 
Thy  uttermost  mercy  exert ; 

And  kindly  continue  to  strive, 
And  hold,  till  I  yield  thee  my  heart. 

3  Thy  call  if  I  ever  have  known, 
And  -sigh'd  from  myself  to  get  free, 

And  groan'd  the  unspeakal.lc'groan, 
And  long'd  to  be  happy  in  thee; 

Fulfil  the  imperfect  desire  ; 

Thy  peace  to  my  conscience  reveal; 

The  sense  of  thy  favour  inspire, 
And  give  me  "my  pardon  to  feel. 

422  c.  m. 

The  surrender. 

HOW  oft  have  1  the  Spirit  grieved, 
Since  first  with  me  he  strove  ; 

Hew  obstinately  disl  i  lieved. 

And  trampled  on  his  love  ! 
H  w  have  I  Binn'd  against  the  light; 

Broken  from  his  embrace  ; 
And  w,  uld  not,  when  1  freely  might, 

Be  justified  by  grace. 


PENITENTIAL.  3SS 

2  But  after  all  that  I  have  dona 
To  drive  him  from  my  heart, 

The  Spirit  leaves  me  not  alone,— 

He  doth  not  yet  depart; 
He  will  not  give  the  sinner  o'er  j    I 

Ready  e'en  now  to  save, 
He  bids  me  come  as  heretofore, 

That  I  his  grace  may  have. 

3  I  take  thee  at  thy  gracious  word ; 
My  foolishness  I  mourn  ; 

And  unto  my  redeeming  Lord, 

However  late,  I  turn  : 
Saviour,  I  yield,  I  yield  at  last ; 

I  hear  thy  speaking  blood ; 
Myself,  with  ail  my  sins,  I  cast 

On  my  atoning  God. 

423  6th  P.  M.  5  lines  la. 

The  ZigTU  of  life. 

0  DISCLOSE  thy  lovely  face ! 
.    Quicken  all  my  drooping  powers 
Gasps  my  fainting  soul  f  r  grace, 
As  a  thirsty  land  for  showers  : 
Hasten,  Lord,  no  more  delay; 
Come,  my  Saviour,  come  away. 

2  Dark  and  cheerless  is  the  morn, 
Unacc  i .:' 

Joyless  is  the  day's'return, 

Till  thy  mercy's  beams  I  see  : 
Till  thou  inward  life  impart, 
Glad  my  eyes,  and  warm  my  hear*. 

3  Visit  then  this  sold  of  mine  ; 
Pierce  the  gloom  of  sin  and  grief; 

Fill  me,  Radiancy  divine  ; 
Scatter  all  my  unbelief : 
More  and  more' thyself  display, 
Shining  to  the  perfect  day." 


256  PEMlSHSNTIAt. 

424  s.  M. 

Groaning  for  deliveratKe. 
IJTHEN  shall  thy  love  constrain, 
\  V  And  force  me  to  thy  breast  ? 
When  shall  my  e  nl  r  turn  again 

To  her  eternal  rest  ' 
2  Ah  '.  what  avail  my  strife, — 

My  wand'rmg  to  and  fro! 
Thrj  bast  the  words  of  endless  life  ; 

Ah  !  whither  should  I  go  ! 
S  Thy  condescending;  grace 

To  me  did  free!; 
It  calls  me  still  to  seek  thy  face, 

And  stoops  to  ask  my  low. 
4  Lord,  at  thy  feet  I  fall; 

I  groan  to  be  set  free : 
I  fain  would  now  obey  the  call, 

And  give  up  all  for  thee. 

425  l-  M- 

ITofe  springing  up. 
"\  I"Y  soul  before  thee  prostrate  lie*  ; 
JLV1  To  1  l.iy  Efpiitl  Hies; 

My  wants  I  nuurn,  my  chains  I  see; 
O  let  th;  He  free. 

afe  mv  heart  and  will 

boast, 

But  in  thy  will  in 

ady  springing  hope  I  feel, — 

And,  t'n  in  a  land  of  wars  and  ; 

5   reign. 
my  s<<ul  shall  know, — 
Father,  all  thy  command 
And  feel,  what  ill  prove, 

That  thou,  my  Lord,  my  God,  art  love, 


PENITENTIAL.  257 

42G  c- M- 

mg  into  liberty. 
TESUS '.  Redeemer,  Saviour,  Lord, 
"}  The  -weary  sinner's  Friend ; 
Come  to  my  help,  pronounce  the  word, 
And  Did  my  troubles  end. 

2  Deliv'rance  to  my  soul  proclaim, 
And  life  and  liberty ; 

Shed  forth  the  virtue  of  thy  Name, 
And  Jesus  prove  to  me. 

3  Faith  to  be  heal'd  thou  know'st  I  have, 
For  thou  that  faith  hast  given; 

Thou  canst,  thou  wilt,  the  sinner  save, 
And  make  me  meet  for  heaven. 

4  Thou  canst  o'ercome  this  heart  of  mine ; 
Thou  wilt  victorious  prove  ; 

For  everlasting  strength  is  thine, 
And  everlasting  love. 

427  s.  m. 

Embracing  offered  mercy. 

OMY  offended  God ! 
.  If  now  at  last  I  see 
That  I  have  trampled  on  thy  blood, 

And  done  despite  to  thee ; 
If  I  begin  to  wake 

Out  of  my  deadly  sleep ; 
Into  thine  arms  of  mercy  take, 

And  there  forever  keep. 
2  No  other  right  have  I, 

Than  what  the  world  may  claim ; 
And  all  may  to  their  God  draw  nigh, 

Through  faith  in  Jesus'  name  : 
Thy  death  hath  wrought  the  power 

For  every  sinful  soul; 
That  all  may  know  the  gracious  hour 

And  be  by  faith  made  whole. 
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258  rrMTE.VL'IAL. 

3  Them  hast  tor  Binnera 

That  all  might  a  me  t  i  Sod  . 
The  cov'nanl  thou  hast  nititied, 

And  seal'd  it  with  thy  blood  : 
Thou  hast  obtain'd  the  - 

That  all  may  tarn  an  I 
And  now  thy  otTer  I  embrace* — 

Thy  mercy  I  receive. 

428  s-  ■! 

Embracing  (he  aU-s».ficii,it  Portion. 

AND  can  I  yet  delay 
My  little  nil  to  give! 
To  tear  my  boo!  torn  earth  away 
For  .1. 

•J  Nay,  but  I  yield,  I  yield; 
I  can  hold  out  n  •  more: 

I  sink,  by  living  love  compell'd, 
And  own  thee  conqueror. 

3  Thoneh  late,  I  all  forsake; 
My  friends,  my  all,  resign  : 

ike,  O  take, 
And  seal  me  ever  thine. 

4  Come,  and  possess  me  whole, 
Nor  hence  again  n  in 

>  :l  tix  my  wav'r 
With  ■  '  '"ve. 

E  My  one  desire  be  this,— 
,lv  love  to  know; 

i  taste  no  other  bibs, — 

r  good  below. 

6  My  life,  my  portion  thou; 

'I  boo  all  sufficient  art : 
My  nly  treasure,  now 

Enter,  aid  keep  my  heart. 


PENITENTIAL.  259 

429  s- M- 

LigM  dawning  wpon  the  soul. 

OUT  of  the  depths  of  wi  i, 
To  thee,  O  Lord,  I  cry; 
Darkness  surrounds  me,  but  I  know 
That  thou  art  ever  nigh. 

2  Humbly  on  thee  I  wait, 
Confessing  all  my  sin ; 

Lord,  I  am  knocking  at  the  gate  ; 
Open,  and  take  me  in. 

3  O  hearken  to  my  voice, — 
Give  ear  to  my  complaint; 

Thou  bidd'st  the  mourning  soul  rejoice, 
Thou  comfortest  the  faint. 

4  Glory  to  God  above,— 

The  waters  soon  will  cease  ; 

For,  lo !  the  swift  returning  dove 

Brings  home  the  sign  of  peace. 

5  Though  storms  his  face  obscure, 
And  dangers  threaten  loud ; 

Jehovah's  i_-.jver.ant  is  sure, — 
His  bow  is  in  the  cloud. 

430  c.  m. 

The  returning  prodigal. 

THE  long-lost  son,  witn.  streaming  eyes, 
From  folly  just  awake, 
Reviews  his  wand'riugs  with  surprise , 
His  heart  begins  to  break. 

2  I  starve,  he  cries,  nor  can  I  bear 
The  famine  in  this  land, 

While  servants  of  my  Father  share 
The  bounty  of  his  hand. 

3  Witt  deep  repentance  I'll  return, 
And  seek  my  Father's  face ; 

Unworthy  to  be  call'd  a  son, 
I'll  ask  a  servant's  place. 


280  femte-ntial. 

4  Far  off  the  Father  saw  him  move,— 
In  pen   '  ", — 

And  quickly  run.  with  amis  of  love, 
To  welcome  bis  return. 

5  Through  all  the  courts  the  tidings  flew, 

•read  the  joy  around; 
The  angels  tuned  their  harps  anew,— 
The  long-lost  son  is  found ! 

431  12th  P.  M.  76,  76,  78,  16. 

Saved  by  grace. 

LET  the  world  their  virtue  boast,— 
Their    •  .suess; 

I,  a  v  r< 

Am  freely  Baved  by  grace; 
Other  title  I  disclaim: 

TMs,  i  :  my  plea:— 

I  the  :im> 

But  Jesus  died  for  me. 

S  Happv  they  whose  joys  abound 
m; 
Who  their  heaven  in  Christ  have  fo«nd 

-raise  to  him. 
Meanest  foll'wer  of  the  Lamb, 

His  step  '  see:— 

I  the  i  ;  :im, 

But  Jesus  died  for  me. 

T.  Jeans,  thou  for  me  hast  died, 

live; 

ipplied; 

I  shall  il 

■  Same 

all  my  l'Ua,— 
am, 


TEE  CHRISTIAN  LIFE. 


JUSTIFICATION  BY  FAITH. 

432  nth  p-  M-  76>  76»  "'i' 76- 

The  righteousness  of  faith. 

OFT  I  in  my  heart  have  said, — 
Who  shall  ascend  on  high, 
Mount  to  Christ,  my  glorious  Head, 

And  bring  him  from  the  sky? 

Borne  on  contemplation's  wing, 

Surely  I  shall  fand  him  there, 

Where  the  angels  praise  their  King, 

And  gain  the  Morning  Star. 

2  Oft  I  in  my  heart  have  said, — • 
Who  to  the  deep  shall  stoop, 

Sink  with  Christ  among  the  dead, 
From  thence  to  bring  him"  up  2 

Could  I  but  my  heart  prepare, 
By  unfeign'd  humility, 

Christ  would  quickly  enter  there, 
And  ever  dwell  in  me. 

3  But  the  righteousness  of  faith 
Hath  taught  me  better  things : — 

Inward  turn  thine  eyes, — it  saith, 
While  Christ  to  me  it  brings  : — 

Christ  is  ready  to  impart 
Life  to  all,  for  life  who  sigh  : 

In  thy  mouth  and  in  thy  heart 
The  word  is  ever  nigh. 

433  l.  m 

The  Lord  our  righteousness. 

LET  not  the  wrse  their  wisdom  boast, 
The  mighty  glory  in  their  might ; 
The  rich  in  fiatt'ring  riches  trust, 
Which  take  their  everlasting  flight. 


2G2  JUSTIFICATION   BY   FAITH. 

2  The  rash  of  nnm'rons  years  hears  down 
The  most  K'S-intlc  strength  of  man; 

And  where  is  all  his  wisdom  arnne. 
When,  dnst,  lie  turns  to  dust  again! 

3  One  only  gift  can  justify 

The  boasting  soul  that  knows  his  God; 
When  Jesus  doth  his  blood  apply, 
I  glory  in  his  sprinkled  blood. 

4  The  Lord  my  righteousness  I  praise, 
1  triumph  in  the  love  divine: 

The  wisdom,  wealth,  and  strength  of  grace, 
In  Christ  to  endless  ages  mine. 

434  Gth  P.  M.  6  lints  7s. 

The  covenant  of  grace  signed  and  sealed. 

TBSUS  Christ, 

•  J  Angry  Heaven  and  guilty  men, 

Under! 

•lie  covenant  of  a 
Ratifies  and  makes  it  good; 
Signs  and  seals  it  with  his  blood. 
*2  Life  his  healing  blood  imparts, 
Sprinkled  in  ">;r  peaceful  hearts; 
Abel's  blood  tied; 

L; 
Speaks  and  calls  for  better  t' 
Makes  us  prophets,  priests,  and  kings. 

435  L  M- 

The  realising 

A.,  eternal  Word, 
1 ,  ve  flainc ; 
Faith,  i 

To-day,  as  yesterday,  the  same  :— 
2  To  thee  our  humble  hearts  aspire, 

Jncrense  in  us  t 
In  us  the  «i  ork  of  faith  fulfil. 


JUSTIFICATION  BY  FAITH.     2Q3 

3  By  faith  we  know  thee  strong  to  save . 
(Save  us,  a  present  Saviour  thou :) 

Whate'er  we  hope,  by  faith  we  have; 
Future,  and  past,  subsisting  now. 

4  To  him  that  in  thy  Name  believes, 
Eternal  life  with  thee  is  given ; 

Into  himself  he  all  receives, — 
Pardon,  and  holiness,  and  heaven. 

5  The  things  unknown  to  feeble  sense, 
Unseen  by  reason's  glirom'ring  ray, 

With  strong  commanding  evidence, 
Their  heavenly  origin  display. 

6  Faith  lends  its  realizing  light ; 

The  clouds  disperse,  the  shadows  fly ; 
The'  Invisible  appears  in  sight, 
And  God  is  seen  by  mortal  eye. 

436  l.  M. 

Salvation  only  by  grace  through  faith. 
TE  have  no  outward  righteousness, 

merits  or  good  works,  to  plead ; 
We  only  can  be  saved  by  grace  ; 
Thy  grace,  O  Lord,  is  free  indeed. 

2  Save  us  by  grace,  through  faith  alone, — 
A  faith  thou  must  thyself  impart ; 

A  faith  that  would  by  works  be  shown, 
A  faith  that  purifies  the  heart : 

3  A  faith  that  doth  the  mountains  move, 
A  faith  that  shows  our  sins  forgiven, 

A  faith  that  sweetly  works  by  love, 
And  ascertains  our  claim  to"  heaven. 

4  This  is  the  faith  we  humbly  seek, 
The  faith  in  thy  all-cleansing  blood ; 

That  faith  which"  doth  for  sinners  speak, 
0  let  it  speak  ns  up  to  God ! 


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264  JUSTIFICATION  BY  FAITH. 

437  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  S3. 

The  soul's  anchor. 
"VOW  I  have  found  the  ground  wherein 
_l\   Sure  my  soul's  anchor  may  remain; 
The  wounds  of  Jesus  for  my  sin. 

Before  the  world's  foundation  slain ; 
Whose  mercy  shall  unshaken  stay, 
When  heaven  and  earth  are  fled  away. 

2  Father,  thine  everlasting  grace 
Our  scanty  tl  .'ar  : 

Thy  heart  still  melts  with  tenderness; 

Thine  arms  of  love  still  i  pen  are, 
Returning  sinners  to  receive, 
That  mercy  they  may  taste,  and  live. 

3  O  love,  thou  bottomless  abyss! 
My  sins  are  swallow'd  op  in  thee; 

C  ".'•  r'd  i=  my  unright. 

Nor  spot  of  guilt  remains  on  me  : 
While  .1  i'.gh  earth  and  skies, 

Mercy,  6ee,  boundless  mercy,  cries. 

4  By  faith  I  plunge  me  in  this  sea; 
Here  is  my  hope,  my  joy,  my  rest; 

when  lull  assails,  I  Bee; 
I  look  into  my  Saviour's  breast: 
Away,  sad  doubt  and  anxious  fear! 
Mercy  is  all  that 's  written  there. 

438  c- M- 

Faith  co'tntedfor  righteoutnttt. 
T7ATHER  of  Jesus  Christ,  my  Lord,— 
tad  my  Hea<L— 
in  thee,  whose  powerful  word 
BmOx  raised  him  from  the  dead. 
2  Thou  know'st  for  my  offence  he  died, 

t'ullv  and  6n 
That  I  might  Irrrto  thee. 


JUSTIFICATION  BY  FAITH.  205 

3  O  God !  thy  record  I  believe, 
In  Abraham's  footsteps  tread 

And  wait,  expecting  to  receive 
The  Christ,  the  promised  Seed. 

4  Faith  in  thy  power  thou  seest  I  have, 
For  thou  this  faith  hast  wrought; 

Dead  souls  thou  callest  from  the  grave, 
And  speakest  worlds  from  naught. 

5  Eternal  life  to  all  mankind 
Thou  hast  in  Jesus  given : 

And  all  who  seek,  iu  him  shall  find 
The  happiness  of  heaven. 

439  c- M- 

Continued. — Victorious  faith. 

IN  hope,  against  all  human  hope, 
Self-desp'rate,  I  believe, — 
Thy  quickrning  word  shall  raise  me  up ; 
Thou  wilt  thy  Spirit  give. 

2  The  thing  surpasses  all  my  thought ; 
But  faithful  is  my  Lord ; 

Through  unbelief  I  stagger  not, 
For  God  hath  spoke  the  word. 

3  Faith,  mighty  faith,  the  promise  sees, 
And  looks  to' that  alone; 

Laughs  at  impossibilities, 
And  cries,— It  shall  be  done ! 

4  To  thee  the  glory  of  thy  power 
And  faithfulness  I  give  ; 

I  shall  in  Christ,  at  that  glad  hour, 
And  Christ  in  me  shall  live. 

5  Obedient  faith,  that  waits  on  thee, 
Thou  never  wilt  reprove  ; 

But  thou  wilt  form  thy  Son  in  me, 
And  perfect  me  in  love. 


2G6     JUSTIFICATION  BY  FAITH. 

440  c- ] 

Peace  in  believing. 

?:SUS,  to  thee  I  now  can  fly, 
On  whom  my  help  is  laid  : 


Oppn 
Ani 


ins,  I  lift  mine  eye, 
"  see  the  shadows  fade. 


2  Believing  on  my  Lord,  I  find 
A  Pure  and  present  aid  : 

On  thee  alone  my  constant  mind 
Be  every  moment  stay'd. 

3  Whatever  in  me  seems  wise,  or  good, 
Or  Btrong,  1  here  disclaim  : 

1  wash  my  garments  in  the  blood 
Of  the  atoning  Lamb. 

4  Jesos,  my  air  mgth,  my  life,  my  rest,— 
On  thee  will  1  de 

Till  Bnmmon'd  to  the  marriage-feast, 
When  faith  in  sight  shall  end. 

441  c- M- 

Thh  is  lip  eternal, 

TITE  wisdom  nwn'd  by  all  thy  sons, 
'J'.,  me,  0  God,  imparl ; 

,  ones, — 
:  s  lii-ari. 

Thy  name,  0  holy  Father,  tell 

'I',.  one  w  lio  \' 
To  me  thi  iveal,— 

Thy  Holy  Spiril  give. 

2  'Tis  life  eternal  to  believe 
The  hi  i  mine  : 

-1  Son,  and  Spirit  give 
faith  divine. 
A  Trinity  in  Unity 

My  soul  shall  then  adore; 
And  love,  and  praise,  and  worship  thee, 
Jehovah,  ev<  rmore. 


JUSTIFICATION  BY   FAITH.  267 

442  c.  m. 

The  blood  of  sprinkling. 
"VTY  God,  my  God,  to  thee  I  cry ; 
ill  Thee  only  would  I  know ; 
Thy  purifying  blood  apply, 
And.  wash,  me  white  as  snow. 

2  Touch  me,  and  make  the  leper  clean ; 
Purge  my  iniquity : 

Unless  thou  wash  my  soul  from  sin, 
I  have  no  part  in  thee. 

3  But  art  thou  not  already  mine  2 
Answer,  if  mine  thou  art ; 

WTiisper  within,  thou  love  divine, 
And  cheer  my  drooping  heart. 

4  Behold,  for  me  the  Victim  bleeds,— 
His  wounds  are  open  wide ; 

For  me  the  blood  of  sprinkling  pleads, 
And  speaks  me  justified. 

443  s.  m. 

Self-rigliteousness  destroyed. 

A  GOODLY,  formal  saint, 
I  long  apnear'd  in  sight ; 
By  self  and  Satan  taught  to  paint 

My  tomb,  my  nature,  white. 
The  Pharisee  within 

Still  undisturb'd  remain'd; 
The  strong  man,  arm'd  with  guilt  of  sin, 

Safe  in  his  palace  reign'd. 
2  But,  O,  the  jealous  God 

In  my  behalf  came  down  ; 
Jesus  himself  the  stronger  show'd, 

And  claim'd  me  for  his  own. 
My  spirit  he  alarm'd. 

And  brought  into  distress  ; 
He  shook  and  bound  the  strong  man,  arm'd 

In  his  self-righteousness^ 


2G8  JUSTIFICATION  BY  FAITH. 

3  Faded  my  virtuous  show, — 
My  form  -without  the  power; 

The  "sin-convincing  Spirit  blew, 

And  blasted  every  flower  : 
My  mouth  was  stopp'd,  and  shame 

Cpver'd  my  guilty  face  ; 
•i  the  atoning  Lamb, 

And  I  was  saved  by  grace. 

444  l.  if. 

Graven,  on  the  palms  of  His  hands. 
TESUS.  the  Lamb  of  God.  hath  bled; 
«)  He  bore  our  sins  upon  the  tree; 
Beneath  our  curse  ho  bow;d  his  head ; — 

:Tis  finish 'd!  ha-hath  died  for  me. 
9  See,  where  before  the  throne  he  stands, 
And  pours  the  all-prevailing  prayer; 
bo  his  side,  and  lifts  his  hands, 
And  shows  that  I  am  graven  there. 
3  He  ever  lives  for  me  to  pray; 

He  prays  that  I  with  him  may  reign: 
Amen  to  what  my  Lord  doth _say;_ 
Jesus,  thou  canst  not  pray  in  vain. 

445  ™      1st  P.  M.  6  line*  8s. 

n  to  them  that  are  in  Christ  Jesut. 
ND  can  it  be  that  I  should  gain 
_  L  An  int'rest  in  the  Saviour's  blood! 
i or  me,  who  caused  his  pain! 
For  me.  who  him  to  death  pursued! 
Amazing  love!  how  can  it  be, 

r,l,  shouldst  die  for  me! 
2  'Tis  myst'ry  all, — the'  Immortal  dies! 

Who  can  explore  his  strange  A 
In  vain  r  ,,!'  triea 

To  sound  the  depths  of  lovo  divine; 
■  all !  let  earth  i 
I  minds  inquire  no  more. 


A1 


JUSTIFICATION  BY  FAITH.     2G9 

3  Ke  left  his  Father'?  throne  above ; 
(So  free,  so  infinite  his  grace '.) 

Emptied  himself  of  all  but  love, 

Aid  bled  for  Adam's  helpless  race ; 
'Tis  mercy  all,  immense  and  free, 
For,  O  my  God,  it  found  out  me ! 

4  Long  my  imprison'd  .spirit  lay, 

Fast  bound  in  sin  and  nature's  night : 
Thine  eye  diffused  a  quick'ning  ray ;  ■ 

I  woke  ;  the  dungeon  flamed  with  light : 
My  chains  fell  off,  my  heart  was  free, — 
I  rose,  went  forth,  arid  follow'd  thee. 

5  No  condemnation  now  I  dread, — 
Jesus,  with  all  in  him,  is  mine ; 

Alive  in  him,  my  living  Head, 

And  clothed  in  righteo\isness  divine, 
Bold  I  approach  the'  eternal  throne, 
And  claim  the  crown,  through  Christ  my  own. 

446  l.  m. 

Embracing  the  Saviour  by  faith. 

INTO  thy  gracious  hands  I  fall, 
And  with  the  arms  of>. faith  embrace; 

0  King  of  glory,  hear  my  call ; 

O  raise  me,  heal  me  by  thy  grace. 
Now  righteous  through  thy  grace  I  am; 
No  condemnation  now  I  dread; 

1  taste  salvation  in  thy  name, — 
Alive  in  thee,  my  living  Head. 

2  Still  let  thy  wisdom  be  my  guide, 
Nor  take  thy  flight  from  me  away; 

Still  with  me  let  thy  grace  abide, 
That  I  from  thee  may  never  stray : 

Let  thy  word  richly  in  me  dwell, — 
Thy  "peace  and  love  my  portion  be  ■ 

My  joy  to'  endure  and  do  thy  will, 
Till  perfect  I  am  found  in  thee. 


270  JUSTIFICATION  BY  FAITH. 

447  c.  m. 

The  blood  applied. 

FT  answer  to  ten  thousand  prayers, 
Thon  i 
Number  me  with  salvation's  heirs, — 

=  and  troubles  end. 
2  Nothing  I  ask  or  want  beside, 

Of  all  in  earth  or  heaven  : 
Bnt  let  me  feel  thy  blood  applied, 
And  live  and  die  forgiven. 

448  l-  M. 

T%e  highway  of  holiness. 

TESTIS,  ray  all,  to  heaven  is  srono, — 

JT's  tract  1  see,  and  I'll  pursue 

The  narrow  way,  till  him  I  view. 

9  The  v  ^.hets  went, — 

The  roa.l  o  banishment,-— 

The  King's  highway  of  holiness, 

I'll  go,  for  all  his  paths  are  peace. 

3  This  is  the  way  I  long  have  sought, 
And  m  i  ii  not ; 
My  grief  a  burden  Ions: 

Becau  red  from  sin. 

4  The  more  1  si  power, 
I  felt  its  weight  and  jruilt  the  more; 
Till  Late  I  heard  my  Saviour  say, — 
Come  hither,  sonl,  t  ain  i 

5  Lo!  G-lad  I  come;  and  thou,  blest  Lamb, 
Sli:t1t  take  me  t 

f.'ive, — • 
j  out  love  shall  i  receive, 
f,  Then  will  I  toll  to  sinners  round, 
What  B  dear  Saviour  I  have  found 
1  'il  poinfl  to  thy  redeeming  blot  d. 
Aii.l  say.— Behold  the  way  to  Gk  I. 


JUSTIFICATION  BY   FAITH.     271 

449  L- M- 

The  riches  of  His  grace. 

WHAT  am  I,  O  thou  glorious  God ! 
And  what  my  father's  house  to  thee, 
That  thou  such  mercy  hast  bestow'd 
On  me,  the  vilest  reptile,  me ! 

2  Me,  in  my  blood,  thy  love  pass'd  by, 
And  stopped  my  ruin  to  retrieve ; 

Wept  o'er  my  soul  thy  pitying  eye ; 
Thy  bowels  yearn'd*  and  sounded, — Live ! 

3  Dying,  I  heard  the  welcome  sound, 
Received  the  blessing  from  above, 

And  pardon  in  thy  mercy  found, 
Astonish'd  at  thy  boundless  love. 

4  Honour,  and  might,  and  thanks,  and  praise 
I  render  to  my  pard'ning  God ; 

Extol  the  riches  of  thy  grace, 

And  spread  thy  saving  name  abroad. 

5  I  magnify  thy  gracious  power, 

And  all  within  me  shouts  thy  Name  : 
Thy  Name  let  every  soul  adore ; 
Thy  power  let  every  tongue  proclaim. 

450  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
The  covenant  signed  and  sealed. 

THIS  day  the  covenant  I  sign, — 
The  bond  of  sure  and  promised  peace 
Nor  can  I  doubt  its  power  divine. 

Since  seal'd  with  Jesus'  blood  it  is ; 
That  blood  I  take,  that  blood  alone, 
And  make  the  cov'nant  peace  mine  own. 
2  But,  that  my  faith  no  more  may  know 

Or  change,  or  interval,  or  end, — 
Help  me  in  all  thy  paths  to  go, 

And  now,  as  e'er,  thy  voice  attend ; 
And  deign,  O  Lord,  to  call  me  thine, 
And  I  will  dare  to  call  thee  mine. 


272  JUSTIFICATION  BY  FAITH. 

451  L.  M. 

Vows  remembered  and  renewed. 

CHAPPY  day  that  fix'd  my  choice 
.  On  thee,  my  Saviour  and  my  God ! 
"Well  may  this  glowing  heart  rejoice, 

And  tell  its  raptures  all  abroad. 
2  O  happy  bond,  that  seals  mv  vows 

To  Him  who  rne:<its  all  my  'love  ; 
Let  cheerful  anthems  fill  his"  house, 

While  to  that  sacred  shrine  I  move. 
S  'Tis  done,  the  great  transaction  'a  done; 

I  am  my  Lord's,  and  he  is  mine  ; 
He  drew  me,  and  I  fcllowM  on, 

Charm'd  to  confess  the  voice  divine. 

4  Now  rest,  my  1- air-divided  heart; 
Fix'd  on  this  blissTdl  Centre,  rest; 

Nor  ever  from  thy  Lord  depart : 
With  him  of  every  good  possess'd. 

5  Hi?h  Heaven,  that  heard  the  solemn  vow 
That  vow  renew'd  shall  daily  hear, 

Till  in  life's  latest  hour  I  bow,' 
And  bless  in  death  a  bond  so  dear. 

452  33th  P.  M.  19  9,  13  9. 

Jbtf  of  the  young  convert. 

OIIOW  happy  are  they, 
Who  ti. 
And  have  laid  up  their  treasure  above; 

Tongue  can  never  express 

The  sweet  comfort  and  peace 
Of  a  soul  in  its  earliest  love. 

5  That  sweet  comfort  was  mine, 

\\  ben  the  ravom 
I  received  through  the  blood  of  the  Lamb: 

When  my  heart  first  belieTei 

\\  hat  r  .i 
What  a  heaven  in  Jesus's  naa»J 


JUSTIFICATION  BY  FAITH.    273 

3  'Twas  a  heaven  below 
My  Redeemer  to  know, 

And* the  angels  could  do  nothing  more, 

Than  to  fall  at  his  feet, 

And  the  story  repeat, 
And  the  Lover  of  sinners  adore. 

4  Jesus  all  the  day  long 
Was  ray  joy  and  my.song  : 

O  that  all"  his  salvation  might  see  ; 

He  hath  loved  me,  I  cried, 

He  hath  suffer'd  and  died, 
To  redeem  even  rebels  like  me. 

5  O  the  rapturous  height 
Of  that  hofv  delight 

Which  I  felt  in  the  life-giving  blood ; 

Of  my  Saviour  possess'd, 

I  was  perfectly  blest, 
As  if  fUl'd  with 'the  fulness  of  God. 

453  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  7s. 

Comfort  arising  from  a  sense  of  pardon. 
JAPPY  soul,  who  sees  the  day, 


H 


The  glad  day  of  Gospel-grace  : 
Thee,  my  Lord,  thou  then  wilt  say, 

Thee  will  I  forever  praise  ; 
Though  thy  wrath  against  me  burn'd, 

Thou  dost  comfort  me  again  ; 
All  thy  wrath  aside  is  rurn'd, — 

Thou  hast  blotted  out  my  sin. 

2  Me,  behold :  thy  mercy  spares ; 

Jesus  my  salvation  is  ; 
Hence,  my  doubts ;  away,  my  feara ; 

Jesus  is  become  mv  peace  : 
Jah,  Jehovah,  is  my  -L.ord, 

Ever  merciful  and  just ; 
I  will  lean  upon  his  wurd ; 

I  will  on  his  promise  trust. 


274    JUSTIFICATION  BY  FAITH. 

454  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

Love  to  the  Saviour. 

HARK,  my  soul,  it  is  the  Lord ; 
'Tis  thy  Saviour, — hear  his  word. 
Jesus  speaks,  he  speaks  to  thee  : — 
ii  sinner,  lov"st  thou  me ! 

2  Lord,  it  is  my  chief  complaint 
That  my  love  is  still  so  faint, 
Yet  I  love  thee  and  adore  : 

0  for  grace  to  love,  thee  more ! 

455  10th  P.  M.  8  lines  8s. 
TJiu  rows  are  vpoti  me,  0  God. 

f\  HOW  shall  a  sinner  perform 
\J  The  V..WS  he  hath  vuiv'd  to  the  Lord! 
A  sinful  and  impotent  worm, 
How  can  I  he  true  to  my  word  * 

1  tremble  at  what  I  have  done  : 

O  send  me  thy  help  from  above  : 
The  power  of  thy  Spirit  make  known, 
The  virtue  of  jesus's  love. 

2  My  solemn  engagements  are  vain; 
llv  promises  empty  as  air; 

My  vows,  1  shall  break  them  again, 
And  plunge  in  eternal  despair: 

Unless  my  'omnipotent  God 
The  seiise  of  h  is  goodness  impart, 

And  sited,  bv  his  Spirit,  abroad 
The  love  of  himself  in  my  heart. 

456  l.  m. 

The  healing  and  cleansing  Fountain. 

BY  faith  I  to  the  fountain  fly, 
Open'd  for  all  mankind  and  me, 
To  puree  my  sins  of  deepest  dj 
My  life  and  heart's  impurity. 


JUSTIFICATION  ET  FAITH.    275 

2  From  Christ,  the  smitten  Rock,  it  flows, 
The  purple  and  the  crystal  stream ; 

Pardon" and  holiness  bestows, 
And  both  I  gain  through  faith  in  him. 

457  13th  P.  M.  10  10,  11  11. 

The  plenteous  ness  of  His  grace. 

OWHAT  shall  I  do  my  Saviour  to  praise, 
So  faithful  and  true,  so  plenteous  m  grace  ; 
So  strong  to  deliver,  so  good  to  redeem, 
The  weakest  believer  that  hangs  upon  him. 

2  How  happy  the  man  whose  heart  is  set  free ; 
The  neople  that  can  be  jovful  in  thee; 
Their  joy  is  to  walk  in  the  light  of  thy  face, 
And  still  they  are  talking  of  Jesus's  grace. 

3  For  thou  art  their  boast,  their  glory,  and  power, 
And  I  also  trust  to  see  the  glad  hour. 

My  soul's  new  creation,  a  life  from  the  dead, 
The  day  of  salvation  that  lifts  up  my  head. 

4  For  Jesus,  my  Lord,  is  now  my  defence  ; 

1  trust  in  his  word  ;  none  plucks  me  from  thence ; 
Since  I  have  found  favour,  he  all  things  will  do  ; 
My  King  and  my  Saviour  shall  make  me  anew. 

5  Yes,  Lord,  I  shall  see  the  bliss  of  thine  own  ; 
Thy  secret  to  me  shall  soon  be  made  known; 
For  sorrow  and  sadness  I  joy  shall  receive, 
And  share  in  the  gladness  of  all  that  believe. 

458  14th  P.  M.  10  11,  10  11. 

Accepted  in  the  Beloved. 

ALL  praise  to  the  Lamb !  accepted  I  am, 
Through  faith  in  the  Saviour's  adorable  Name: 
In  him  I  confide,  his  blood  is  applied ; 
For  me  he  hath  sufier'd,  for  me  he  hath  died. 

2  Not  a  doubt  doth  arise,  to  darken  the  skies, 
Or  hide  for  a  moment  my  Lord  from  mine  eyes : 
In  him  I  am  blest,  I  lean  on  his  breast, 

And  lo !  in  his  wounds  I  continue  to  rest. 


ZiKt   ADOPTION  AND  ASSURANCE. 


ADOPTION  AXD  ASSURANCE. 
459  s.  m. 

Knowledge  of forgiveness. 

HOW  can  a  pinner  know 
His  sins  on  earth  forgiven  ? 
How  can  my  gracious  Saviour  show 
My  name  inscribed  in  heavenl 

2  What  «e  have  felt  and  seen 
With  confidence  we  tell; 

And  publish  to  the  sons  of  men, 
The  signs  infallible. 

3  We  who  in  Christ  believe 
That  he  for  us  hath  died, 

We  all  his  unknown  peace  receive, 
And  feel  his  blood  applied. 

4  Exults  our  rising  soul, 
Disburden'd  of  1 

And  swells,  unutterably  full 
Of  glory  and  of  God. 

5  His  love,  surpassing  far 
The  love  of  all  beneath, 

We  find  within  our  hearts,  and  dare 

The  pointless  darts  of  i 
C  Stronger  than  death  or  hell 

:red  power  we  prove; 
Anil,  ci  world,  we  dwell 

J n  luaven,  who  dwell  iu  love. 

430  s.  m. 

Continued.— The  indwelling  Spirit. 
TITE  by  his  Spirit  prove, 
>V    And  know  the  tilings  of  God,— 
The  things  which  freely  of  his  love 
He  bail: 


ADOPTION  AND  ASSURANCE.    27? 

2  His  Spirit,  which  he  gave, 
Now  dwells  in  us,  we  know  ; 

The  witness  in  ourselves  we  have, 
And  all  its  fruits  we  show. 

3  The  meek  and  lowly  heart, 
That  in  our  Saviour  was, 

To  us  his  Spirit  does  impart, 
And  signs  us  with  his  cross. 

4  Our  nature  's  turn'd,  our  mind 
Transform'd  in  all  its  powers ; 

And  both  the  witnesses  are  join'd,— . 
Thy  Spirit,  Lord,  with  ours. 

5  Whate'er  our  pard'ning  Lord 
Commands,  we  gladly  do  ; 

And,  guided  by  his  sacred  word, 
We  all  his  steps  pursue. 

6  His  glory  our  design, 

We  liveour  God  to  please; 
And  rise,  with  filial  fear  divine, 
To  perfect  holiness. 

461  s.  m. 

Seeking  t\e  evidence  of  acceptance. 

I  LISTEN  for  the  voice 
Which  speaks  my  sins  forgiven ; 
Speak,  Lord,  and  bid  my  heart  rejoice 

In  certain  hope  of  heaven. 
Thy  Name  O  may  I  prove, 

Thy  Name  inscribed  on  me ; 
And  triumph  in  redeeming  love 
Through  all  eternity. 

462  c.  m. 

The  earnest  and  pledge  of  joys  to  come. 

WHY  should  the  children  of  a  King 
Go  mourning  all  their  days? 
Great  Comforter,  descend  and  bring 
The  tokens  of  thy  grace. 


278  ADOPTION  AND  ASSURANCE. 

'2  Doal  thou  r.ot  dwell  in  all  thy  saints, 
And  seal  the  heirs  of  heaven! 

When  wilt  thou  banish  my  complaints, 
And  show  my  sins  forgiven  ? 

3  Assure  my  conscience  of  her  part 
In  the  Redeemer's  blood; 

And  bear  thv  witness  with  my  heart, 
That  I  am  bom  of  God. 

4  Thou  art  the  earnest  of  his  love, — 
The  pledge  of  joys  to  come  ; 

May  thy  blest  wings,  celestial  Dove, 
Safely  convey  me  home. 

463  l.  m. 

Rejoicing  in  forgiving  Jove. 
"ifY  soul,  with  humble  fervour  raise 
lfl  To  God  the  voice  of  grateful  praise, 
And  all  my  ransom'd  powers  combine, 
To  bless  his  attributes  divine. 

2  Deep  on  my  heart  let  mem'ry  trace 
His  acts  of  mercy  and  of  grace  ; 
Who,  with  a  Father's  tender  care, 
Paved  me  when  sinking  in  despair  ; 

3  Gave  my  repentant  soul  to  prove 
The  i<  _r  love  ; 
Pour'd  balm  into  my  bleeding  breast, 
And  led  my  weary  feet  to  rest. 

464  L-  M- 

Shouting  God's  praises. 
"IITY  soul,  through  my  Redeemer's  care, 
1U  Saved  from  the  second  death,  I  feel; 
Mine  eyes  from  tears  of  dark  despair, 

My  feet  from  falling  into  hell. 
1  Wherefore  to  him  my  feet  shall  rnn; 

My  eyes  on  his  ;. 

My  soul  shall  live  for  God  alone, 

And  all  \wtlim  me  shout  his   ]■■ 


ADOPTION  AND  ASSURANCE.     279 

465  c-  M. 

Tlie  Godhead  reconciled. 

COItfE,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
One  God  in  persons  three  ; 
Bring  back  the  heavenly  blessing  lost 
By  all  mankind  and  me. 

2  Thy  favour  and  thy  nature  too, 
To  me,  to  all  restore ; 

Forgive,  and  after  God  renew, 
"  And  keep  me  evermore. 

3  Eternal  Sun  of  Righteousness, 
Display  thy  beams  divine, 

And  cause  the  glories  of  thy  face 
Upon  my  heart  to  shine. 

4  Light,  in  thy  light,  O  may  I  see, 
Thy  grace  and  mercy  prove  ; 

Revived,  and  cheer'd,  and  blest  by  thee, 
The  God  of  pard'ning  love. 

5  Lift  up  thy  countenance  serene, 
And  let  thy  happy  child 

Behold,  -without  a  cloud  between, 
The  Godhead  reconciled. 

6  That  all-comprising  peace  bestow 
On  me,  through  grace  forgiven; 

The  joys  of  holiness  below, 
And  then  the  joys  of  heaven. 

46G  c.  m. 

The  spirit  of  adoption. 

FATHER,  I  wait  before  thy  throne : 
Call  me  a  child  of  thine  : 
Send  down  the  Spirit  of  thy  Son, 

To  form  my  heart  divine. 
2  There  shed  thy  promised  love  abroad, 

And  make  mv  comfort  strong ; 
Then  shall  I  say,— My  Father,  God! 
With  an  nnwav'ring  tongue. 


280  ADOPTION  AND  ASSURANCE. 

407  6th  p.  M.  6  lines  7s. 

TJie  Spirit  cf  God  dwelhth  in  you. 

A  BBA,  Father,  hear  thy  child, 
-TV  Late  in  Jesus  reconciled ; 
Hear,  and  all  the  graces  shower, 
All  the  joy,  and  peace,  and  power ; 
All  my  Saviour  asks  above. 
All  the  life  and  heaven  of  lore. 

2  Lord,  I  will  not  let  thee  go 
Till  the  blessing  thou  bestow : 
Hear  my  Advocate  divine  : 
Lo!  to  his  my  suit  I  join  : 
Join'd  to  his.'it  cannot  fail: 
Bless  me  ;  for  I  will  prevail. 

3  Heavenly  Father,  life  divine, 
Change  my  nature  into  thine; 
Move,  and  spread  throughout  my  sod, 
Actuate,  and  f,!l  the  whole: 

Be  it  I  no  longer  now 
Living  in  the  Cesh,  but  thoti. 

4  Holy  Ghost,  no  more  delay ; 
Come,  an. I  in  thy  temple  stay  : 
Now  thine  inward  witness  bear, 
Strong,  and  permanent,  and  clear: 
Spring  of  life,  thyself  impart; 
Rise  eternal  in  niy  heart. 

408  2d  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

The  sanctifying  and  sealing  Spirit. 

FATHER  of  everlasting  grace, 
Thy  goodness  and  thy  truth  we  praise, 
Thy  et< ■■  dnesa  and  thy  truth  we  prove; 
■,  in  honour  of  thy  Son, 
I.-  fent  down.  - 
Spirit  of  lift,  and  power,  and  love. 


ADOPTION  AND  ASSURANCE.  381 

1  Send  us  the  Spirit  of  thy  Sod, 

To  make  the  depths  of  Godhead  known, 

To  make  us  share  the  life  divine  : 
Send  him  the  sprinkled  blood  to'  apply; 
Send  him  our  souls  to  sanctify, 

And  show  and  seal  us  ever  thine. 

3  So  shall  we  pray,  and  never  cease ; 
So  shall  we  thankfully  confess 

Thy  wisdom,  truth,  and  power,  and  love 
"With  joy  unspeakable  adore, 
And  bless  and  praise  thee  evermore, 

And  serve  thee  as  thy  hosts  above  : — 

4  Till,  added  to  that  heavenly  choir, 
We  raise  our  songs  of  triumph  higher, 

And  praise  thee  in  a  bolder  strain ; 
Outsoar  the  first-born  seraph's  flight, 
And  sing,  with  all  the  saints  in  light, 

Thy  everlasting  love  to  man. 

469  c-  M. 

Blessedness  of  adoption. 

AND  can  mv  heart  aspire  so  high 
To  say,— My  Father,  God?  _ 
Lord,  at  thy  feet  I  fain  would  lie, 
And  leam  to  kiss  the  rod. 

2  I  would  submit  to  all  thy  will, 
For  thou  art  good  and  wise ; 

Let  each  rebellions  thought  be  still, 
Nor  one  faint  murmur  rise. 

3  Thy  love  can  cheer  the  darkest  gloom, 
And  bid  me  wait  serene, 

Till  hopes  and  joys  immortal  bloom, 
And  brighten  all  the  scene. 

4  My  Father,  God,  permit  my  heart 
To  plead  her  humble  claim, 

And  ask  the  bliss  those  words  impart, 
In  my  Redeemer's  name. 


282    ADOTTIO^  AMD  ASSURANCE. 

470  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  8b. 
The  witness  of  the  Spirit. 

EARNEST  of  future  bliss, 
Thee,  Holy  Ghost,  we  hail; 
Fountain  of  holiness, 

Whose  comforts  never  fail; 
The  cleansing  gift  on  saints  bestow'd, 
The  witness  of  their  peace  with  God. 

2  By  thee,  on  earth,  we  know 
Ourselves  in  Christ  renew'd ; 

Broueht  bv  thy  grace  into 
The  family  of  God ; 
Of  his  adopting  love  the  seal. 
And  faithful  teacher  of  his  will. 

3  Great  Comforter,  descend 
In  gentle  breathings  down; 

Preserve  us  to  the  end, 

That  no  man  take  our  crown ; 
Onr  Guardian  still  vouchsafe  to  be, 
Kor  suffer  us  to  go  from  thee. 

471  4th  P.  M.  886,  886. 
T7te  inward  witness. 

THOU  great  mysterious  God  unknown, 
Whose  love  hath  gently  led  me  on, 
E'en  from  my  infant  days; 
Mine  inmost  ?<iul  expose  to  view, 
And  tell  me  if  1  ever  knew 
Thy  justifying  grace. 

2  If  I  have  only  known  thy  fear, 
And  follow'd,  with  a  heart  sincere, 

Thy  drawings  from  above; 
Now,  now  the  further  grace  bl 
And  let  my  sprinkled  conscience  know 

Thy  sweet  forgiving  love. 


ADOPTION  AND   ASSURANCE.  283 

3  Short  of  thy  love  I  would  not  stop, 
A  stranger  to' the  Gospel  hope, 

The  sense  of  sin  forgiven ; 
I  would  not,  Lord,  my  sonl  deceive, 
Without  the  inward  witness  live, 

That  ante-past  of  heaven. 

4  If  now  the  witness  were  in  me, 
Would  he  not  testify  of  thee, 

In  Jesus  reconciled? 
And  should  I  not  with  faith  draw  nigh, 
And  boldlv,  Abba,  Father,  cry, 

And  know  myself  thy  child? 

5  Father,  in  me  reveal  thy  Son, 
And  to  my  inmost  soul  make  known 

How  merciful  thou  art ; 
The  secret  of  thy  love  reveal, 
And  by  thy  hall'wing  Spirit  dwell 

Forever  'in  my  heart. 

472  C-  M* 

Delightful  assurance. 

SOV'REIGN  of  all  the  worlds  on  high, 
Allow  my  humble  claim ; 
Nor  while,  unworthy,  I  draw  nigh, 
Disdain  a  Father's  name. 

2  My  Father,  God !  that  gracious  word 
Dispels  my  guilty  fear ; 

Not  all  the  notes  by  angels  heard 
Could  so  delight  my  ear. 

3  Come,  Holy  Ghost,  thyself  impress 
On  my  expanding  neart ; 

And  show  that  in  the  Father's  grace 
I  share  a  filial  part. 

4  Cheer'd  by  that  witness  from  on  high, 
Unwav'ring  I  believe ; 

And  Abba,  Father,  humbly  cry ; 
Nor  can  the  sign  deceive. 


284    ADOPTION  AND  ASSURANCE. 

473  i-  M- 

The  bliss  of  assurance. 

IORD,  how  secure  and  blest  are  they 
1  Who  feel  the  joys  of  pardon'd  sin; 
Should  storms  of  wrath  shake  earth  and  sea, 
Their  minds  have  heaven  and  peace  within. 

2  The  day  glides  sweetly  o'er  their  heads, 
Made  up  of  innocence  and  love ; 

And  soft,  and  silent  as  the  shades, 
Their  nightly  minutes  gently  move. 

3  Quick  as  their  thoughts,  their  joys  come  On, 
But  fly  not  half  so  swift  away  : 

Their  souls  are  ever  bright  as  noon, 
And  calm  as  summer  evenings  be. 

4  How  oft  they  look  to  the'  heavenly  hills, 
Where  groves  of  living  pleasure  grow ; 

And  longing  hopes,  end  cheerful  smiles, 

Sit  undisturb'd  upon  their  brow. 
6  They  scorn  to  seek  earth's  golden  toys, 

But  spend  the  day,  and  share  the  night, 
In  numb'ring  o'er  the  richer  joys 

That  heaven  prepares  for  their  delight. 

474  Sd  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  83. 

"  Abba,  Father." 

ARISE,  my  soul,  arise ; 
Shake  off  thy  guilty  fears; 
The  bleeding  Sacrifice 
In  my  behalf  appears : 
Before  the  throne  my  Surety  stands, 
My  name  is  written  on  his  hands. 
2  He  ever  lives  above, 
For  me  to  intercede ; 
His  all-redeeming  love, 
His  precious  blood,  to  plead  ; 
His  blood  atoned  for  all  our  race, 
And  sprinkles  now  the  throne  of  grace. 


ADOPTION   AND  ASSURANCE.     285 

3  Five  bleeding  wounds  he  bears, 
Received  on  "Calvary ; 

They  pour  effectual  prayers, 
They  strongly  plead  tor  me  : — 
Forgive  him,  O  forgive,  they  cry, 
Nor  let  that  ransom'd  sinner  die. 

4  The  Father  hears  him  pray, 
His  dear  anointed  One  : 

He  cannot  turn  away 
The  presence  of  his  Son : 
His  Spirit  answers  to  the  blood, 
And  tells  me  I  am  born  of  God. 

5  My  God  is  reconciled ; 

His  pard'ning  voice  I  hear : 
He  owns  me  for  his  child ; 

I  can  no  longer  fear  : 
With  confidence  I  now  draw  nigh, 
And  Father,  Abba,  Father,  cry. 

475  l.  M. 

Filial  confidence  and  joy. 

GREAT  God,  indulge  my  humble  claim ; 
"  Be  thou  my  hope,  my'joy,  my  rest; 
The  glories  that  compose  thy  name 
Stand  all  engaged  to  make  me  blest. 

2  Thou  great  and  good,  thou  just  and  wise, 
Thou  art  my  Father  and  my  God ; 

And  I  am  thine  by  sacred  ties,— 
Thy  son,  thy  servant  bought  with  blood. 

3  With  heart  and  eyes,  and  lifted  hands, 
For  thee  I  long,  to  thee  I  look ; 

As  travellers  in  thirsty  lands 
Pant  for  the  cooling  water-brook. 

4  I  '11  lift  my  hands,  I  '11  raise  my  voice, 
While  I  have  breath  to  pray  or  praise : 

This  work  shall  make  my  heart  rejoice, 
And  fill  the  remnant  of  my  days. 


586  ADOPTION  AND  ASSURANCE. 

470  1st  I\  M.  6  lines  8s. 

The  ante-past  of  heaven. 

WHERE  shall  my  wond'ring  soul  begin! 
How  shall  I  all  to  heaven  aspire! 
A  slave  r  '  sin, — 

A  brand  piuek'd  from  eternal  fire,— 
How  shall  1  equal  triumphs  raise, 
Or  sing  my  great  Deliv'rer's  praise! 

2  O  how  shall  I  ths  goodness  tell, 
Father,  which  thou  to  me  hast  showM! 

That  I,  a  child  01  wrath  and  hell, 

I  should  be  call'd  a  child  of  G 
Should  know,  should  feel  my  sins  forgiven, 
Blest  with  this  ante-past  of  heai 

3  And  shall  I  slisrht  my  Father's  love, 
Or  basely  tear  ! 

Unmindful'  of  his 

Shall  '.  "oss  '■:>  shun, 

Refuse  his  righteousness  to'  impart, 
By  hiding  it  within  my  heart? 

4  No  :  though  the  ancient  dragon  rnjre, 
And  call  forth  all  his  h<  sts  to  war; 

Though  earth's  self-righteous  bods  engage, 

Them  and  their  god  alike  I  dare; 
Jesus,  the  sinner's  Friend,  proclaim; 
Jesus,  to  sinners  still  the  same. 

£y>j  S.  M. 

The  revealing  and  witnessing  Spirit. 

SriRlT  of  faith,  come  d  iwn, 
!  God; 
And  n.  known, 

■   nil  the  bl 1: 

'Tis  thi  apply, 

And  triv< 

i  for  sinners  die, 
H.dh  surely  died  fM  me. 


ADOPTION  AND  ASSURANCE.    287 

2  No  man  can  troly  say 
That  Jesus  is  the  Lord, 

Unless  thou  take  the  veil  away , 
And  breathe  the  living  word : 

Then,  only  then  we  feel 
Our  interest  in  his  blood; 

And  cry,  with  joy  unspeakable,— 
Thou  art  my  Lord,  my  God ! 

3  0  thai  the  world  might  know 
'             The  all-atoning  .Lamb ! 

Spirit  of  faith,  descend  and  show 

The  virtue  of  his  Name  : 
The  grace  which  all  may  find, 

The  saving  power  impart ; 
And  testify  to  all  mankind, 

And  speak  in  every  heart. 

478  26th  P.  M.  Is  &  6s. 

The  comforts,  gifts,  and  graces  of  the  Spirit. 

GOD  of  all  consolation, 
The  Holy  Ghost  thou  art ; 
Thy  secret  inspiration 

Hath  told  it  to  my  heart : 
The  blessing  I  inherit, 

Through  Jesus'  prayer  bestow'd, 
The  Comforter,  the  Spirit, 
The  true  eternal  God. 


2  With  God  the  Son  and  Saviour, 

With  God  the  Father  one, 
The  tokens  of  his  favour 

Are  now  to  man  made  known  • 
An  ante-past  of  heaven 

Thou  dost  in  me  reveal, 
Attest  my  sins  forgiven, 

And  my  salvation  seal. 


388  ADOPTION  AND  ASSURANCE. 

3  The'  indubitable  witness 
Of  thy  awn  Deity, 

Thou  giv'st  my  soul  its  fitness 
Thy  glorious  face  to  see  : 

Thy  comforts,  gifts,  and  grace?. 
My  largest  thoughts  transcend, 

And'challenge  endless  praises, 
When  faith  in  sight  snail  end. 

479  1st  T.  M.  6  Hues  S3. 

Tke  signature  <f  lunue  love. 

"U/HKN  shall  I  hear  the  inward  voice, 
\  I     Which  only  faithful  souls  can  heart 
Pajdon,  and  peace,  and  heavenly  joys, 
Attend  the  Dronuaed  Camfortei; 

0  come,  and  nghteousness  divine, 

And  Christ,  and  all  with  Christ,  are  mine, 

2  O  that  the  Comforter  wonld  come, 
Not  visit  as  a  transient  guest; 

Bt.t  fix  in  me  his  constant  home, 

And  keep  possession  of  my  breast; 
And  make  my  soul  his  loved  abode, 
The  temple  of  indwelling  God. 

3  Come,  Holy  Ghost,  my  heart  inspire ; 
Attest  that  I  am  born  again; 

Come,  and  baptize  me  now  with  fire, 
Nor  let  thy  former  gifts  be  vain  : 

1  cannot  rest'  in  sins  forgiven: 
Where  is  the  earnest  of  my  heaven! 

4  Where  the  indubitable  seal, 

That  ascertains  the  kingdom  mine! 
he],— 
divine ; 

Fulness  of  lore,  of  hta\tB,  of  God! 


SANCTIFICATION.  289 


SANCTIFICATIOX. 
480  c- M- 

The  hope  of  onr  high  calling. 


w 


But  inward  holiness  1 
For  this  to  Jesus  I  look  up ; 
I  calmly  wait  for  this. 

2  I  wait  till  he  shall  touch  me  clean, — 
Shall  life  and  power  impart ; 

Give  me  the  faith  that  casts  out  sin, 
And  purifies  the  heart. 

3  This  is  the  dear  redeeming  grace, 
For  every  sinner  free  ; 

Surely  it  shall  on  me  take  place, 
The  chief  of  sinners, — me. 

4  From  all  iniquity,  from  ail, 
He  shall  my  soul  redeem ; 

In  Jesus  I  believe,  and  shall 
.   Believe  myself  to  him. 

5  When  Jesus  makes  my  heart  his  home, 
My  sin  shall  all  depart ; — 

And,  lo!  ho  saith,  I  quickly  come, 
To  fill  and  rule  thy  heart. 

6  Be  it  according  to  thy  word ; 
Redeem  me  from  all  sin  ; 

My  heart  would  now  receive  thee,  Lord ; 
Come  in,  my  Lord,  come  in  1 

481  L.  M. 

The  will  of  God. 
TIE  wills  that  I  should  holv  be  : 
JUL  That  holiness  I  long  to  feel ; 
That  full  divine  conformity 
To  all  my  Saviour's  righteous  will. 

10 


290  SANCTIFICATION. 

2  See,  Lord,  the  travail  of  thy  soul 
Accomplish'.!  in  the  change  of  mine  ; 

And  plunge  me,  every  whit  made  whole, 
In  all  the  depths  of  love  divine. 

3  On  thee,  O  God,  my  soul  is  stay'd, 
And  waits  to  prove"  thine  utmost  will; 

The  promise  by  thy  mercy  made, 
Thou  canst,  thou  wilt,  in  me  fulfil. 

4  No  more  I  stagger  at  thy  power. 

Or  doubt  thy  truth,  which  cannot  move : 
Hasten  the  long-expected  hour, 
And  bless  me  with  thy  perfect  love. 

482  s- M- 

Thy  will  be  done. 

THIS  is  thv  will,  I  know, 
That  I  should  holy  be ; 
Should  let  my  sins  this  moment  go, 

This  moment  turn  to  thee. 
2  O  mifht  I  now  embrace 

Thine  all-sufficient  power, 
And  never  more  to  sin  give  place, 
And  never  grieve  thee  more. 

483  c-  M« 

The  good  pleasure  of  his  will. 

I  KNOW  that  my  Redeemer  lives, 
And  ever  prays  for  me  : 
A  token  of  his  love  he  gives,— 
A  pledge  of  liberty. 

2  I  find  him  lifting  up  my  head ; 
He  brings  salvation  near; 

His  presence  makes  me  tree  indeed, 
And  he  will  soon  appear. 

3  He  wills  that  I  should  holy  lie! 
What  can  withstand  his  v.  ill ! 

The  counsel  i  I  bis  grace  in  mo 
He  surely  shall  fulfil. 


SANCTIFICATIOJNT.  291 

4  Jesus,  I  hang  upon  thy  word ; 
I  steadfastly  believe 

Tbou  wilt  return,  and  claim  me,  Lord, 
And  to  thyself  receive. 

5  When  God  is  mine,  and  I  am  his, 
Of  paradise  possess'd, 

1  taste  unutterable  bliss, 
And  everlasting  rest. 

484  c.  m. 

The  believer's  rest. 

LORD,  I  believe  a  rest  remains 
To  all  thy  people  known ; 
A  rest  where  pure  enjoyment  reigns, 
And  thou  art  loved  alone  : 

2  A  rest  where  all  our  soul's  desire 
Is  flx'd  on  things  above ; 

Where  fear,  and  sin,  and  grief  expire, 
Cast  out  by  perfect  love. 

3  O  that  I  now  the  rest  might  know, 
Believe,  and  enter  in : 

Now,  Saviour,  now  the  power  bestow, 
And  let  me  cease  from  sin. 

4  Remove  this  hardness  from  my  heart; 
This  unbelief  remove : 

To  me  the  rest  of  faith  impart,-— 
The  Sabbath  of  thy  love. 

485  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
Me  saves  Ms  people  from  their  sins. 

SAVIOUR  from  sin,  I  wait  to  prove 
That  Jesus  is  thy  healing  name ; 
To  lose,  when  perfected  in  love, 

Whate'er  I  have,  or  can,  or  am : 
I  stay  me  on  thy  faithful  word, — 
The  servant  shall  be  as  his  Lord. 


292  SAXCTIFICATION. 

2  Didst  thou  not  in  the  flesh  appear, 
Sin  to  condemn,  and  man  to  save  ? 

That  perfect  love  might  cast  out  fear! 
That  I  thy  mind  in  me  might  have? 
In  holiness  show  forth  thy  praise, 
And  serve  thee  all  my  happy  days  ? 

3  Didst  thou  not  die  that  I  might  live 
No  longer  to  myself,  but  thee  * 

Might  body,  soul,  find  spirit  give 

To  Him 'who  gave  himself  for  me! 
Come  then,  my  Master  and  my  God, 
Kow  take  the' purchase  of  thy  blood. 

48G  C.  &L 

He  i3  faithful  that  hath  promised. 

TESUS,  the  sinner's  rest  thou  nrt, 
J   From  guilt,  and  fear,  and  pain ; 
While  thou  art  absent  from  the  heart 
We  look  for  rest  in  vain. 

2  O  -when  wilt  thou  my  Saviour  be! 
O  when  shall  I  be  clean! 

The  true  eternal  Sabbath  see,— 
A  perfect  rest  from  sin ! 

3  The  consolations  of  thy  word 
My  soul  have  long  nj>l 

The'l'aithful  promise  o!  the  Lord 
Shall  surely  be  fulfill'd. 

4  I  look  to  my  incarnate  God 
Till  he  his  "work  begin; 

And  wait  till  his  redeeming  blood 
Shall  cleanse  me  from  all  sin. 

6  O  that  I  now  the  voice  might  hear 

That  speaks  my  sins  fbl 
Thy  word  is  pass'd  to  give  me  here 

The  inward  pledge  of  heaven. 


SANCTIFICATION.  293 

6  Thy  Mood  shall  over  all  prevail, 

And  sanctity  the'  unclean  ; 
The  pace  that  saves  the  soul  from  hell, 

Will  save  froni  present  sin. 

487  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

All  things  possible  to  the  believer. 

ALL  things  are  possible  to  him 
That  can  in  Jesus'  name  believe  : 
Lord,  I  no  more  thy  truth  blaspheme ; 
Thy  truth  I  lovingly  receive ; 

1  can,  I  do  believe  in  thee, — 
All  things  are  possible  to  me. 

2  When  thou  the  work  of  faith  hast  wrought, 
I  here  shall  in  thine  image  shine, 

Nor  sin  in  deed,  or  word,  or  thought. 
Let  men  exclaim,  and  fiends  repine, 
They  cannot  break  the  firm  decree, — 
All  things  are  possible  to  me. 

3  All  things  are  possible  to  God, — 

To  Christ,  the  power  of  God  in  man, — • 
To  me,  when  I  am  all  renew'd, — 

When  I  in  Christ  am  form'd  again, 
And  witness,  from  all  sin  set  free, — 
All  things  are  possible  to  me. 

488  s.  m. 

Christ,  the  guide  and  counsellor. 

JESUS,  my  truth,  my  way, 
My  sure,  unerring  light, 
On  thee  my  feeble  steps  I  stay, 
Which  thou  wilt  guide  aright. 

0  My  wisdom  and  my  guide, 

My  counsellor  thou  art  ; 
O  never  let  me  leave  thy  side, 

Or  from  thy  paths  depart. 


294  SANCTIFICATION. 

3  I  lift  mine  eyes  to  thee, 
Thou  gracious,  bleeding  Lamb, 

That  I  may  now  enlighten'd  be, 
And  never  put  to  shame. 

4  Never  will  I  remove 

Out  of  thy  hands  my  cause  ; 

But  rest  in  thy  redeeming  love, 

And  hang  upon  thy  cross. 

5  O  make  me  all  like  thee, 
Before  I  hence  remove ; 

Settle,  confirm,  aud  'stablish  me, 
And  build  me  up  in  love. 

6  Let  me  thy  wirness  live. 
When  sin 'is  all  destroy 'd; 

And  then  my  spotless  soul  receive, 
And  take  "me  home  to  God. 

489  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  Ss. 

His  blood  cleanseth  from  all  sin. 

PRIS'NERS  of  hope,  lift  up  your  heads  ; 
The  day  of  liberty  draws  near; 
Jesus,  who  on  the  serpent  treads, 

Shall  soon  in  your  behalf  appear  : 
The  Lorcl  will  to  his  temple  come; 
Prepare  your  hearts  to  make  him  room. 

2  Ye  all  shall  find,  whom  in  his  word 
Himself  hath  caused  to  put  your  trust, 

The  Father  of  our  dying  Lord 
Is  ever  to  his  promise  just ; 
Faithful,  if  we  our  sins  confess, 
To  cleanse  from  all  unrighteousness. 

3  O  ye  of  fearful  hearts,  be  strong! 
Your  di  and  hands  lift  up! 

Ye  shall  not  be  forgotten  long; 

Hope  to  the  end.  in  Jesus  hope! 
Tell  him  ye  wait  his  grace  to  prove; 
And  cannot  fail,  if  Uod  is  love. 


SANCTIFICATION.  295 

490  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

The  promises  are  sure. 

PRIS'IS'ERS  of  hope,  be  strong,  be  bold; 
Cast  off  your  doubts,  disdain  to  fear ; 
Dare  to  believe ;  on  Christ  lay  hold ; 

Wrestle  with  Christ  in  mighty  prayer ; 
Tell  him, — We  will  not  let  thee  go, 
Till  we  thy  name,  thy  nature  know. 

2  Hast  thou  not  died  to  purge  our  sin, 
And  risen,  thy  death  for  us  to  plead? 

To  write  thy  law  of  love  within 

Our  hearts,  and  make  us  free  indeed  ? 
That  we  our  Eden  might  regain, 
Thou  diedst,  and  couldst  not  die  in  vain. 

3  The  promise  stands,  forever  sure, 
And  we  shall  in  thine  image  shine, 

Partakers  of  a  nature  pure, 

Holy,  angelical,  divine ; 
In  Spirit  join'd  to  thee,  the  Son, 
As  thou  art  with  thy  Father  one. 

491  4th  P.  M.  886,  886. 
The  glorious  hope. 

0  GLORIOUS  hope  of  perfect  love, 
It  lifts  me  up  to  things  above  ; 
It  bears  on  eagles'  wings  ; 
It  gives  my  ravish'd  soul  a  taste, 
And  makes  me  for  some  moments  feast 
With  Jesus'  priests  and  kings. 

2  Rejoicing  now  in  earnest  hope, 
I  stand,  and  from  the  mountain  top 

See  all  the  land  below  : 
Rivers  of  milk  and  honey  rise, 
And  all  the  fruits  of  paradise 

In  endless  plenty  grow. 


296  SA^TCTIFICATION. 

3  A  land  of  corn,  and  wine,  and  oil, 
Favour'd  with  God's  peculiar  smile, 

With  every  blessing  blest; 
There  dwells  the  Lord  our  Righteousness, 
And  keeps  his  own  in  perfect  peace, 

And  everlasting  rest. 

4  O  that  I  might  at  once  go  up ; 
jSo  more  on  this  side  Jordan  stop, 

Cut  now  the  land  possess ; 
This  moment  end  my  legal  years ; 
Sorrows  and  sins,  and  doubts  and  fears, 

A  howling  wilderness. 

492  c-  *■ 

A  hope  full  of  immortality. 

0  JOYFUL  sound  of  gospel  grace, 
Christ  shall  in  me  appear ; 
I,  even  I,  shall  see  his  face, — 
I  shall  be  holy  here. 

2  The  glorious  crown  of  righteousness 

To  me  reach'd  out  I  view  : 
Conqu'ror  through  him,  I  soon  shall  seize, 

And  wear  it  as  my  due. 
o  The  promised  land,  from  Pisgah's  top, 

I  now  exult  to  see  : 
My  hope  is  full,  (O  glorious  hope !) 

Of  immortality. 

4  With  me,  I  know,  I  feel,  thou  art; 
But  this  cannot  suffice, 

Unless  thou  plantcst  in  my  heart 
A  constant  paradise. 

5  My  earth  thou  wat'rest  from  on  high, 
l'.iit  make  it  nil  a  pool  : 

Spring  up,  O  Well,  1  ever  crj  , 
Spring  up  within  my  soul. 


SANCTIFICATION.  297 

6  Come,  O  my  God,  thyself  reveal  ; 

Fill  all  this  mighty  void  : 
Thou  only  canst  my  spirit  fill ; 

Come,  O  my  God,  my  God. 

493  L  m. 

There  remaineth  a  rest  for  the  people  of  God. 

COME,  O  thou  greater  than  our  heart, 
And  make  thy  faithful  mercies  known ; 
The  mind  which  was  in  thee  impart : 
Thy  constant  mind  in  us  be  shown. 

2  O  let  us  by  thy  cross  abide,  # 
Thee,  only  thee,  resolved  to  know, 

The  Lamb  for  sinners  crucified, 
A  world  to  save  from  endless  wo. 

3  Take  us  into  thy  people's  rest, 

And  we  from  our  own  works  shall  cease ; 
With  thy  meek  Spirit  arm  our  breast, 
And  keep  our  minds  in  perfect  peace. 

4  Jesus,  for  this  we  calmly  wait ; 
O  let  our  eyes  behold  thee  near ! 

Hasten  to  make  our  heaven  complete ; 
Appear,  our  glorious  God,  appear ! 

494  l.  m. 

The  promised  rest. 

GOD  of  all  power,  and  truth,  and  grace, 
Which  shall  from  age  to  age  endure ; 
Whose  word,when  heaven  and  earth  shall  pass, 
Remains,  and  stands  forever  sure  : — 

2  That  I  thy  mercy  may  proclaim, 
That  all  mankind  thy  truth  may  see, 

Hallow  thy  great  and  glorious  name, 
And  perfect  holiness  in  me. 

3  Give  me  a  new,  a  perfect  heart, 
From  doubt,  and  fear,  and  sorrow  free  • 

The  mind  which  was  in  Christ  impart, 
And  let  my  spirit  cleave  to  thee. 


298  SAXCTIFICATION. 

4  O  that  I  now,  from  sin  released, 
Thy  word  may  to  the  utmost  prove ; 

Enter  into  the  promised  rest, — 
The  Canaan  of  thy  perfect  love. 

495  3d  P.  M.  4  fo  &  2  8b. 

Rejoicing  in  prospect  of  the  I'essing. 
V"E  ransom'd  sinners,  hear, 
1   The  pri.-'ners  of  the  Lord; 
And  wait  till  Christ  appear, 

According  to  his  void  : 
Rejoice  in  hope,  rejoice  with  me  ; 
■\Ve  shall  from  all  our  sins  be  free. 

2  In  God  we  put  our  trust ; 
If  we  our  sins  confess, 

Faithful  is  he  and  just, 

From  all  unrig-hteousness 
To  cleanse  us  all,  both  you  and  me  : 
We  shall  from  all  our  sins  be  free. 

3  Sorely  in  as  the  hope 
Of  glory  shall  appear; 

Sinm -i  .  I  up, 

And  see  redemption  near  : 
Again  I  say.  Rejoice  with  me; 
We  shall  from  all  our  sins  be  free. 

4  Who  Jesus'  suft' 'rings  share, 
My  fellow-pris'nere  n  w, 

Ye  i  "ii  the  crown  shail  wear 

( )n  your  triumphant  brow  : 
Rejoice  in  hope,  rejoice  with  me; 
\S  i    s  hall  from  all  our  sins  be  free. 

5  The  word  of  God  is  sure, 
And  never  can  remove  ; 

We  shall  in  heart  be  pan, 

And  perfected  in  love  : 
Rejoice  in  hope,  rejoice  with  me; 
We  shull  from  all  our  sins  be  B 


SAPONIFICATION.  299 

6  Then  let  us  gladly  bring 

Our  sacrifice  of  praise  : 
Let  us  give  thanks  and  sing, 

And  glory  in  his  grace  : 
Rejoice  in  hope,  rejoice  with  me; 
"We  shall  from  all  our  sins  he  tree. 

496  L- M- 

The  land  of  rest. 

THY  lovine  Spirit,  Lord,  alone, 
Can  lead  me  forth,  and  make  me  free 
The  bondage  break  in  which  I  groan, 
And  set  my  heart  at  liberty. 

2  JCow  let  thy  Spirit  bring  me  in, 
And  give  thy  servant  to  possess 

The  land  of  re'st  from  inbred  sin, — 
The  land  of  perfect  holiness. 

3  Lord,  I  believe  thy  power  the  same  ; 
The  same  thy  truth  and  grace  endure ; 

And  in  thy  blessed  hands  I  am, 
And  trust  thee  for  a  perfect  cure. 

4  Come,  Saviour,  come,  and  make  me  whole ; 
Entirely  all  my  sins  remove  ; 

To  perfect  health  restore  my  soul, — 
To  perfect  holiness  and  love. 

497  s.  m. 

Purity  of  heart. 

BLEST  are  the  pure  in  heart, 
For  they  shall  see  our  God ; 
The  secret  of  the  Lord  is  theirs ; 
Their  soul  is  his  abode. 

2  Still  to  the  lowly_  soul 

He  doth  himself  impart, 
And  for  his  temple  and  his  throne 

Selects  the  pure  in  heart. 


300  SAXCTIFICATION. 

498  9th  P.  M.  87,  87,  87,  87. 

The  new  creation. 

LOVE  divine,  all  love  excelling, 
Joy  of  heaven,  to  earth  come  down, 
Fix  in  us  thy  humble  dwelling ; 
All  thy  faithful  mercies  crown. 
:  iu  art  all  compassion, — 
Pure  unbounded  love  thou  art; 
Visit  us  with  thy  salvation; 
Enter  every  trembling  heart. 

9.  Breathe,  O  breathe  thy  loving  Spirit 

Into  every  troubled  breast; 
Let  us  all  in  thee  inherit ; 

Let  as  find  that  second  rest. 
Take  away  our  bent  to  sinning; 

Alpha  and  Omi 
End  of  faith,  as  its  beginning, 

Set  our  hearts  at  liberty. 

3  Come,  almighty  to  deliver, 
Let  v.s  all  thy  "life  receive  ; 

Suddenly  return,  and  never. 

Never  more  thy  temples  leave  : 
Thee  we  would  lie  always  blessing, 

Serve  thee  as  thy  hosts  above, 
Pray,  and  praise  thee  without  ceasing, 

Glory  in  thy  perfect  love. 

4  Finish  then  thy  new  creation; 
Pure  and  spotless  let  us  be  ; 

Let  us  see  thy  great  salvation, 

Perfectly  restored  in  thee  : 
Changed  from  glory  into  glory, 

Till  in  hi  aveu  wo  take  our  place, — 
Till  we  cast  our  crowns  before  tbee, 
L<,>i>t  in  wonder,, love,  and  praise. 


SAKCTIFICATION.  301 

499  4th  P.  M.  886,  836. 

The  pure  in  heart  shall  see  God. 

SAVIOUR,  on  me  the  grace  bestow, 
„_   That,  with  thy  children,  I  may  know 

My  sins  on  earth  forgiven ; 
Give  me  to  prove  the  kingdom  mine, 
And  taste,  in  holiness  divine, 
The  happiness  of  heaven. 

2  Me  -with  that  restless  thirst  inspire, 
That  sacred,  infinite  desire, 

And  feast  my  hungry  heart ; 
Less  than  thyself  cannot  suffice ; 
My  soul  for  all  thy  fulness  cries, — 

For  all  thou  hast  and  art. 

3  Jesus,  the  crowning  grace  impart ; 
Eless  me  with  purity  of  heart, 

That  now  beholding  thee, 

1  soon  may  view  thy  open  face, 
On  all  thy  glorious  beauties  gaze, 

And  God  forever  see. 

500  c- M- 

A  perfect  heart  the  Redeemer's  throne. 
FOR  a  heart  to  praise  my  God, 
A  heart  from  sin  set  free ; — 
A  heart  that  always  feels  thy  blood, 
So  freely  spilt  for  me  : — 

2  A  heart  resign'd,  submissive,  meek, 
My  great  Redeemer's  throne  ; 

Where  only  Christ  is  heard  to  speak,— 
Where  Jesus  reigns  alone. 

3  O  for  a  lowly,  contrite  heart, 
Believing,  true,  and  clean; 

Which  neither  life  nor  death  can  part 
From  Him  that  dwells  within : — 


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302  SANCTIFICATION.     i 

4  A  heart  in  every  thought  renew'd, 
And  full  of  love  divine; 

Perfect,  and  right,  and  pure,  and  good, 
A  copy,  Lord,  of  thine. 

5  Thy  nature,  gracious  Lord,  impart; 
Come  quickly  from  above  : 

"Writ?  thy  new  name  upon  my  heart, — 
Thy  new,  Lest  came  of  Love. 

501  L.  M. 

The  new  covenant. 

OGOD,  most  merciful  and  true, 
Thy  nature  to  my  soul  impart ; 
'Steblish  with  me  the  cov'nant  nnv, 
And  stamp  thine  image  on  my  heart. 

2  To  real  holiness  restored, 

0  let  me  gain  my  Saviour's  mind; 
And  in  the  knowlt-'dge  of  my  Lord, 

Fulness  of  life  eternal  find. 

3  Remember,  Lord,  my  sins  no  more, 
That  them  [mi  r?et; 

But.  sunt  in  guiltless  shame,  adore, 
With  speechless  wonder,  at  thy  feet. 

4  O'erwhelm'd  with  thy  stupendous  grace, 

1  shall  not  in  thy  presence  move; 
But  breathe  unutterable  | 

And  rnpt'rous  awe,  and  silent  love. 

5  Then  even-  mnrm'rina  thought,  and  rain, 

Expires,  in  sweet  confusion  lost : 
1  cannot  of  my  cross  complain,—- 

I  cannot  of  my  goodness  boast. 

$  PardonM  for  all  that  I  have  done, 
My  month  as  in  the  dust  I  hide; 

And  -lory  give  tp  God  alone,— 
My  God  iii  Jesus  pacified. 


SANCTIFICATION.  303 

502  5th  p-  M-  4  Unes  7s- 

Perfect  submission. 
WHEN,  my  Saviour,  shall  I  be 
VV    Perfectly  resign'd  to  thee! 
Poor  and  vile  in  my  own  eyes, 
Only  in  thy  wisdom  wise ! 

0  Only  thee  content  to  know, 
Ignorant  of  all  below  ? 

Only  guided  by  thy  light? 
Only  mighty  in  thy  ndght  ? 

3  So  I  may  thy  Spirit  know, 
Let  him  as  he  listeth  blew: 
Let  the  manner  be  unknown, 
So  I  may  with  thee  be  one  : — 

4  Fully  in  my  life  express 
All  the  heights  of  holiness ; 
Sweetly  let  my  spirit  prove, 
All  the'  depths'  of  humble  love. 

503  l.  m. 

Christ  all  in  all. 

HOLY,  and  true,  and  righteous  Lord, 
I  wait  to  prove  thy  perfect  will: 
Be  mindful  of  thy  gracious  word, 
And  stamp  me  with  thy  Spirit's  seal. 

2  Open  my  faith's  interior  eye  : 
Display  thy  glory  from  above ; 

And  all  I  am  shall'sink  and  die, 
Lost  in  astonishment  and  love. 

3  Confound,  o'erpower  me  by  thy  grace 

1  would  be  by  myself  abhorr'd ; 
All  might,  all  majesty,  all  praise, 

All  glory,  be  to  Christ  my  Lord. 

4  Now  let  me  gain  perfection's  height ; 
Now  let  me  into  nothing  fall, 

As  less  than  nothing  in  thy  sight, 
And  feel  that  Christ  is  all  in  all. 


304  SAHCTIKCAXIOH. 

504  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  3: 

The  prize  of  our  high  calling. 

TO  thee,  great  God  of  love,  I  bow, 
And  prostrate  in  thy  sight  adore ; 
By  faith  I  see  thee  passing  now  • 

I  have,  but  still  I  ask  for  more  : 
A.  glimpse  of  love  cannot  suffice; 
My  soul  for  all  thy  presence  cries. 
2  More  favoured  than  the  saints  of  old, 

YV  ho  now  by  faith  approach  to  thee, 
Shall  all,  with  open  face,  behold 

In  Christ,  the  glorious  Deity; 
Shall  see  and  put  salvation  on, 
The  nature  of  thy  sinless  Son. 
S  This,  this  is  our  high  calling's  prize; 

rtune  image  in  tbv  Son  1  claim; 
And  BtBU  to  higher  glories  rise, 
.  TiU-  :  !  know  thy  name, 

And  glide  to  ail  my  heaven  above,— 


505 


w 


"^  Kuue  mi  an  my  neaven  above,- 
Aly  highest  heaven  in  Jesus'  lore. 

L.  M. 

Mart  of  perfection. 
THAT!  never  sneak  one  evil  word* 
.  .     Or  rash,  or  idle,  or  unkind  ? 
O  how  shall  I,  most  gracious  Lord, 
This  mark  of  true  perfection  find! 
2  Thy  sinless  mind  in  me  reveal; 
Thy  Spirit's  plenitude  impart; 
And  all  my  spotless  life  shall  tell 
The'  abundance  of  a  loving  heart. 

50G  l  m. 

Renouncing  all  for  Christ. 
/"tOME,  Saviour,  Jesus,  from  above, 
\J  Assist  me  with  thy  heavenly  grace ; 
Empty  my  heart' of  earthly  love, 
And  for  thyself  prepare  the  place. 


SANCTIFICATION.  305 

5  O  let  thy  sacred  presence  fill, 
And  set  my  longing  spirit  free  ; 

Which  pants'  to  have  no  other  will, 
But  night  and  day  to  feast  on  thee. 

3  While  in  this  region  here  below, 
No  other  good  will  I  pursue  : 

1  '11  bid  this  world  of  noise  and  show, 

With  all  its  glitt'ring  snares,  adieu. 

4  That  path  with  humble  speed  I  '11  seek 
In  which  my  Saviour's  footsteps  shine, 

Nor  will  I  hear,  nor  will  I  speak, 
Of  any  other  love  but  thine. 

5  Henceforth  may  no  profane  delight 
Divide  this  consecrated  soul ; 

Possess  it  thou,  who  hast  the  right, 
As  Lord  and  Master  of  the  whole. 

6  Nothing  on  earth  do  I  desire, 

But  thy  pure  love  within  my  breast; 
This,  only  this,  will  I  require, 
And  freely  give  up  all  the  rest. 

507  s.  m. 

The  perfect  law  of  love. 

THE  thing  my  God  doth  hate, 
That  I  no  more  may  do, 
Thy  creature,  Lord,  again  create, 
And  all  my  soul  renew  : 

2  My  soul  shall  then,  like  thine, 
Abhor  the  thing  unclean, 

And,  sanctified  by  love  divine, 
Forever  cease  from,  sin. 

3  That  blessed  law  of  thine, 
Jesus,  to  me  impart; 

The  Spirit's  law  of  life  divine, 
O  write  it  on  my  heart! 


306  SAXCTIFICATION. 

4  Implant  it  deep  within, 
Whence  it  may  ne'er  remove, — 

The  law  of  liberty  from  sin, 
The  perfect  law  of  love. 

5  Thy  nature  be  my  law, — 
Thy  spotless  sanctity; 

Ami  sweetly  every  moment  draw 
My  happy  soul  to  thee. 

6  Soul  of  my  soul,  remain ! 
Who  didst  for  all  fulfil, 

In  me,  O  Lord,  fulfil  again 
Thy  heavenly  Father's  will. 

508  c.  m. 

Aspiring  after  I 

THOU  God  of  all-sufficient  grace. 
My  God  in  Christ  thou  art; 
O  may  I  walk  before  thy  face, 

Till  I  am  pare  in  heart  : 
Until,  transform M  by  faith  divine, 

I  pain  that  love  unknown ; 
And  bright  in  all  thine  image  shine, 

By  putting  on  thy  Son. 
2  Now,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 

In  counsel  join  again, 
To  reimpress  thine  image,  lost 

By  frail,  apostate  man  ; 
O  might  I,  Lord,  thy  form  express,— 

Begotten  from  above, — 
Be  stamp'd  with  real  holiness, 

And  fill'd  with  perfect  love! 

509  c.  m. 

Cordial  obedience. 
pOME,  Lord,  and  claim  me  for  thine  own ; 
*      .'-'avi.H'.r,  thy  right  assert  ; 

I'-iuiis  l...r.l,  set  up  tby  throne, 
And  reign  within  my  heart. 


SANCTIFICATION.  307 

2  The  day  of  thy  great  power  I  feel, 
And  pant  for  liberty ; 

1  loathe  myself,  deny  my  will, 
And  give  up  all  for  thee. 

3  I  hate  my  sins, — no  longer  mine, 
For  I  renounce  them  too ; 

My  weakness  with  thy  strength  I  join ; 
Thy  strength  shall  all  subdue. 

4  So  shall  I  bless  thy  pleasing  sway, 
And,  sitting  at  thy  feet, 

Thy  laws  with  all  my  heart  obey, — 
With  all  my  soul  submit. 

510  l.  m. 

The  light  yoke  and  easy  burden. 

OTHAT  my  load  of  sin  were  gone ; 
O  that  I  could  at  last  submit 
At  Jesus'  feet  to  lay  it  down — 
To  lay  my  soul  at  Jesus'  feet. 

2  Rest  for  my  soul  I  long  to  find : 
Saviour  of  all,  if  mine  thou  art, 

Give  me  thy  meek  and  lowly  mind, 
And  stamp  thine  image  on  my  heart. 

3  Break  off  the  yoke  of  inbred  sin, 
And  fully  set  my  spirit  free ; 

I  cannot  rest  till  pure  within, — 
Till  I  am  wholly  lost  in  thee. 

4  Fain  would  I  learn  of  thee,  my  God ; 
Thy  light  and  easy  burden  prove ; 

The  cross  all  stain'd'with  hallow'd  blood, 
The  labour  of  thy  dying  love. 

5  I  would,  hut  thou  must  give  the  power 
My  heart  from  every  sin  release ; 

Bring  near,  bring  near  the  joyful  hour, 
And  fill  me  with  thy  perfect  peace. 


308  SAXCTIFICATION. 

511  4th  P.  M.  88G,  896. 

The  blessed  hope. 

BUT  can  it  be  that  I  should  prove 
F.  rerer  faithful  to  thy  love,— 
Froiri  sin  forever  c 

1  thank  thee  for  the  blessed  hope ; 
It  lifts  my  drooping  spirits  up; 

It  giv  ,  ;ace. 

2  In  thee,  O  Lord,  I  put  my  trust; 
IVIighty,  and  merciful,  and  just, 

Thy  sacred  word  i-  | 
And  I,  who  dare  thy  word  believe, 
a  shall  live,— 
. 
SI  rest  in  thine  almighty  power; 
The  nan 

That  hides  my  lift  al 
Thou  canst,  thou  wilt,  my  helper  be; 
My  confidence  is  all  in  tliee, 

The  faithful  God  of  love. 

4  Wherefore,  in  never-ceasing  prayer, 
My  soul  to  thy  continual  care 

I  faith: 
Assured  thai  thi  u  through  life  wilt  save, 
And  show  thyself  beyond  the  grave 

My  everlasting  Friend. 

512  6th  P.  M.  4  lines  In. 

Rejoicing  in  hip*. 

TESTJS  comes  with  all  his  grace, 
B  fallen  race; 
( Inject  "f  our  glorious  hope, 
Jesus  conies  to  lift  us  up. 

5  Let  the  living  stones  cry  out; 
Let  the  sons  of  Abrah'm  shout: 
I  i  we  all  our  lowly  King; 
Give  him  thanks,  rej  ice,  and  sing. 


SANCTIFICATION.  309 

?.  We  are  now  his  lawful  right; 
Walk  as  children  of  the  light ; 
We  shall  soon  obtain  the  grace, 
Pure  in  heart,  to  see  his  f*ce. 

4  We  shall  gain  our  calling's  prize; 
After  God  we  all  shall  rise, 

Fill'd  with  joy,  and  love,  and  peace, 
Perfected  in  holiness. 

5  Let  us  then  rejoice  in  hope ; 
Steadily  to  Christ  look  up  ; 
Trust  to  be  redeem'd  from  sin, 
Wait  till  he  appear  within. 

6  Hasten,  Lord,  the  perfect  day ; 
Let  thy  every  servant  say,— 

I  have  now  obtairrd  the  power, 
Bom  of  God,  to  sin  no  more. 

513  c.  m. 

The  garner  of  God. 

COME,  thou  omniscient  Son  of  man, 
.    Display  thy  sifting  power ; 
Come,  with  thy  Spirit's  winn'wing  fan, 
And  throughly  purge  thy  floor. 

2  The  chaff  of  sin,  the'  accursed  thing, 
Far  from  our  souls  be  driven ; 

The  wheat  into  thy  gamer  bring, 
And  lay  us  up  for  heaven. 

3  Whate'er  offends  thy  glorious  eyes, 
Far  from  our  hearts  remove ; 

As  dust  before  the  whirlwind  flies, 
Disperse  it  by  thy  love. 

4  Then  let  us  all  thy  fulness  know, 
From  every  sin  set  free  ; 

Saved  to  the  utmost,  saved  below, 
And  perfected  in  thee. 


310  SANCTIFICATION, 

5X4  20th  P.  M.  66,77, 

The  willing  captive. 

JESUS,  thou  art  mir  King! 
To  me  thy  succour  bring ; 
Christ  the  mighty  one  art  thou; 

Help  tor  all  on  thee  is  laid : 
This  the  word ;  I  claim  it  now ; 
Send  me  now  the 


2  High  on  thy  Father's  throne, 
O  look  with  pity  down! 

Help,  O  help,  attend  my  call; 

Captive  lead  captivity: 
King  of  glory,  Lord  of  all, 

Christ,  be  Lord,  he  King  to  me! 

3  I  now  would  feel  thy  sway, 
And  only  thee  obey; 

Thee  my  spirit  pants  to  meet : 
This  ray  one,  my  ceaseless  prayer,— 

Make,  O  'make  my  heart  thy  seat; 
O  set  up  thy  kingdom  there ! 

4  Triumph  and  reign  in  me, 
And  spread  thy  victory; 

Hell,  and  death," and  sin  control; 

id  wrath,  and  every  fee, 
All  subdue;  through  all  my  soul, 
Conqu'ring  and  to  conquer  go. 

515  c  M- 

The  omnipotence  of  love. 

(TOT)  of  eternal  truth  and  grace, 
K  Thy  faithful  promise  Beat  \ 
Thy  word,  thy  oath,  to  Abrah'm's  race, 

iti  me,  0  Lord,  fulfil. 
2  That  mighty  faith  on  mo  bestow, 

Which  cannot  ask  in  vain; 
Which  holds,  and  will  not  let  thee  go, 
Till  I  my  suit  obtain  : — 


SANCTIFICATION.  311 

3  Till  thou  into  my  soul  inspire 
The  perfect  love"  unknown ; 

And  tell  my  infinite  desire, — 
Wkate'er  thou  wilt,  be  done. 

4  On  me  the  faith  divine  bestow, 
Whirli  doth  the  mountain  move; 

And  all  my  spotless  life  shall  show 
The'  omnipotence  of  love. 

516  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

Perfect  peace. 

PRINCE  of  peace,  control  my  will ; 
Bid  this  straggling  heart  be  still ; 
Bid  my  fears  and  doublings  cease, — 
Hush  my  spirit  into  peace. 

2  Thou  hast  bought  me  with  thy  blood, 
Open'd  wide  the  gate  to  God : 

Peace  I  ask — but  peace  must  be, 
Lord,  in  being  one  with  thee. 

3  May  thy  will,  not  mine,  be  done ; 
May  thy  will  and  mine  be  one : 
Chase  these  doublings  from  my  heart; 
Now  thy  perfect  peaee  impart. 

4  Saviour!  at  thy  feet  I  fall; 
Thou  my  life,  my  God,  my  all! 
Let  thy  happy  servant  be 

One  forever  more  with  thee ! 

517  c.  m. 

Thy  commandments  are  exceeding  broad. 

DEEPEN"  the  wound  thy  hands  have  made 
In  this  weak,  helpless  soul : 
Till  mercy,  with  its  balmv  aid, 
Descend  to  make  me  whole. 
2  The  sharpness  of  thy  two-edged  sword 

Enable  me  to'  endure  ; 
Till  bold  to  say, — My  hall'wing  Lord 
Hath  wrought  a  perfect  cure. 


312  SANCTIFICATION. 

3  «m  ?  the'  exceeding  broad  command, 
W  nich  all  contains  in  one  • 

Enlarge  my  heart  to  understand 
The  mystery  unknown. 

4  0  that,  with  all  thy  saints,  I  might 

iit,  y  3Weet  exPe«ence  prove 

Ani  S  "I?  len/th>/'Dd  breadUi,  and  height, 
And  depth,  of  perfect  love. 

518  c.  m. 

Perfect  freedom. 

IF  thou  impart  thyself  to  me, 
No  other  good  I  need  : 
If  thou   the  Sun,  shalt  make  mc  free. 
I  shall  he  free  indeed. 

2  1  cannot  rest  till  in  thy  Wood 
I  full  redemption  have" ; 

But  thou,  through  whom  I  come  to  God 
Canst  to  the  utmost  save. 

3  From  sin  -the  guilt,  the  power,  the  pain, 
Hum  wnt  redeem  my  soul: 

Lord,  1  believe— and  not  in  vain; 
My  faith  shall  make  me  whole. 

4  I   too,  with  thee,  shall  walk  in  white- 
\\ilh  all  thy  saints  shall  prove 
-length  and  depth,  and  breadth  and  height, 

jsrlnsting  love. 

19  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

The  image  of  God. 

FATHER  of  eternal  grace, 
Glorify  thyself  in  me; 

Sweetly  beaming  in  my  face 
Way  the  world  thin..' image  see. 

2   Happy  only  in  thy  love, 
,,.''"'".  »'ifri..n.lod,  or  unknown: 
M\  my  thoughts  on  tilings  above- 
5  lay  my  heart  on  thee  alone. 


Th 
Of 


SANCTIFICATICW.  313 

S  To  thy  gracious  -will  resign'd — 

All  thy  will  by  me  be  done ; 
Give  me",  Lord,  the  perfect  mind 

Of  thy  well-beloved  Son. 
4  Counting  gain  and  glory  loss, 

3Mav  I  tread  the  path  he  trod ; 
Die  with  Jesus  on  the  cross, — 

Rise  with  him  to  live  with  God. 

520  s.  m. 

Glorious  liberty. 

OCOME,  and  dwell  in  me, 
Spirit  of  power  within  ; 
And  bring  the  glorious  liberty 
From  sorrow,  fear,  and  sin  I 

2  The  seed  of  sin's  disease, 
Spirit  of  health,  remove, — 

Spirit  of  finish'd  holiness, 
Spirit  of  perfect  love. 

3  Hasten  the  joyful  day 
Which  shall  my  sins"  consume  ; 

When  old  things  shall  be  done  away, 
And  all  things  new  become. 

4  I  want  the  witness,  Lord, 
That  all  I  do  is  right,— 

According  to  thy  will  and  word,— 
Well  pleasing  in  thy  sight. 

5  I  ask  no  higher  state ; 
Indulge  me  but  in  this, 

And  soon  or  later  then,  translate 
To  my  eternal  bliss. 

521  c.  m. 

The  perfect  rest  from,  sin. 

JESUS,  my  Lord,  I  cry  to  thee, 
Against  the  foe  within ; 
I  want  a  constant  liberty, 
A  perfect  rest  from  sin. 


314  SAXCTIFICA.TION 

2  Thy  killing  and  thy  quick'ning  power, 
Jesus,  in  me  display; 

The  life  of  nature,  from  this  hour, 
My  pride  and  passion  slay. 

3  Then,  then,  my  utmost  Saviour,  raise 
My  soul  with  saints  above, 

To  serve  thy  will,  and  spread  thy  praise, 
And  sing  thy  perfect  lave. 

522  c.  m. 

T7te  exceeding  great  reward. 

THY  name  to  me,  thy  nature  giant ! 
This,  only  this  be  given 
Nothing  beside  my  God  I  want; 
Nothmg  in  earth  or  heaven. 

2  Come,  O  my  away; 
Into  my  soul  d 

No  longer  from  thy  creature  stay, 
My  Author  and  my  End. 

3  The  bli-s  thou  hast  fnr  me  prepared, 
No  li  tiger  be  d<  lay'd  ; 

Cine,  aiy  exceeding  great  Reward, 
For  whom  I  first  was  made. 

4  Come,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
And  seal  me  thine  abode ; 

Let  all  I  am  in  thee  be  lost, 
Let  all  be  lost  in  God. 

523  i«  * 

Waiting  for  the  promise. 

0  JESUS,  full  of  truth  and  grace! 
o  all-atoning  [iamb  of  God  ! 

J  wait    t  ...  iiicc:  ; 

I  seek  redemption  in  thj 

2  Thou  art  the  anchor  of  my  hope  ; 

The  faithful  pron        I 
Surely  thy  death  shall  raise  me  up. 

For  thou  hast  died  that  I  might  live. 


SANCTJFICATION.  315 

3  Satan,  with  all  his  arts,  no  more 
Me  from  the  Gospel  hope  can  move ; 

1  shall  receive  the  gracious  power, 
And  rind  the  pearl  of  perfect  love. 

4  My  flesh,  which  cries, — It  cannot  be, 
Shall  silence  keep  before  the  Lord ; 

And  earth,  and  hell,  and  sin  shall  flee 
At  Jesus'  everlasting  word. 

534  c.  m. 

Entire  purification. 

FOREVER  here  my  rest  shall  be, 
Close  to  thy  bleeding  side ; 
This  all  my  hope,  and  all  my  plea,— 
For  me  the  Saviour  died. 

2  My  dying  Saviour,  and  my  God, 
Fountain  for  guilt  and  sin,  o 

Sprinkle  me  ever  with  thy  blood, 
And  cleanse  and  keep  me  clean. 

3  Wash  me,  and  make  me  thus  thine  own ; 
Wash  me,  and  mine  thou  art ; 

Wash  me,  but  not  my  feet  alone, — 
My  hands,  my  head,  my  heart. 

4  The'  atonement  of  thv  blood  apply, 
Till  faith  to  sight  improve; 

Till  hope  in  full  fruition  die, 
And  all  my  soul  be  love. 

525  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  7s. 

Entire  consecration. 

FATHER,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
One  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One, 
As  by  the  celestial  host, 

Let  thy  will  on  earth  be  done ; 
Praise  by  all  to  thee  be  given, 
Glorious  Lord  of  earth  and  heaven. 


316  SANCTIFICATION. 

2  Vilest  of  the  sinful  race, 
Lo !  I  answer  to  thy  call : 

Meanest  vessel  of  thy  grace, 
Grace  divinely  free  for  all; 
Lo !  I  come  to  do  thy  will, 
All  thy  counsel  to  fulfil. 

3  If  so  poor  a  worm  as  I 
May  to  thy  great  glory  live, 

All  my  actions  sanctify, 

All  my  words  and  thoughts  receive ; 
Claim  nie  for  thy  service,  claim 
All  I  have,  and  all  I  am. 

4  Take  my  soul  and  body's  powers  ; 
Take  my  mem'ry,  mind,  and  will ; 

All  rav  goods,  and  all  mv  hours; 

AH  I  know,  and  all  I  feel; 
All  I  think,  or  speak,  or  do ; 
Take  my  heart,  but  make  it  new. 

526  c-  M- 

Longing  to  be  dissolved  in  love. 
TESUS  hath  died  that  I  might  live, 
»J   Might  live  to  God  alone ; 
In  him  eternal  life  receive, 
And  be  in  spirit  one. 

2  Saviour,  I  thank  thee  for  the  grace, 
The  gift  unspeakable ; 

And  wait  with  arms  of  faith  to'  embrace, 
And  all  thy  love  to  feel. 

3  My  soul  breaks  out  in  strong  desire 
The  perfect  bliss  to  prove ; 

My  loDging  heart  is  all  on  fire 
To  be  dissolved  in  love. 

4  Give  me  thyself;  from  every  boast, 
From  every  wish  set  free; 

Let  all  I  am  "in  thee  be  lost, 
But  give  thyself  to  me. 


SANCTIFICATION.  317 

5  Thy  gilts,  alas  !  cannot  suffice, 

Unless  thyself  be  given; 
Thy  presence  makes  my  paradise, 

And.  where  thou  art  is  heaven. 

527  c.  m. 

Soul  and  body  dedicated  to  the  Lord. 

LET  Him  to  whom  we  now  belong, 
His  sov'reign  right  assert ; 
And  take  up  every  thankful  song, 
And  every  loviiig  heart. 

2  He  justly  claims  us  for  his  own, 
Who  bought  us  with  a  price  : 

The  Christian  lives  to  Christ  alone ; 
To  Christ  alone  he  dies. 

3  Jesus,  thine  own  at  last  receive  ; 
Fulfil  our  hearts'  desire  ; 

And  let  us  to  thy  glory  live, 
And  in  thy  cause  expire. 

4  Our  souls  and  bodies  we  resign ' 
With  joy  we  render  thee 

Our  all. — no  longer  ours,  but  thine 
To  all  eternity. 

528  20t]l  p-  M-  66,  11,  11. 

Panting  for  the  fulness  of  Deity. 

SAVIOUR,  the  world's  and  mine, 
Was  ever  grief  like  thine  ? 
Thou  my  pain,  my  curse,  hast  borne ; 

All  my  sins  were  laid  on  thee  : 
Help  me,  Lord,  for  thee  I  mourn ; 

Draw  me,  Saviour,  after  thee. 

2  To  love  is  all  my  wish ; 

I  only  live  for  this  : 
Grant  me,  Lord,  my  heart's  desire, 

There,  by  faith,  forever  dwell : 
This  I  always  will  require, 

Thee,  and  only  thee  to  feel. 


318  SANCTIFICATION. 

3  Thy  power  I  pant  to  prove, 
Rooted  and  rix'd  in  love  ; 

Strengthen'd  by  thy  Spirit's  might, 
Wise  to  fnthi.ru  things  divine, 

What  the  length,  and  breadth,  and  height, 
What  the  depth  of  love  like  thine. 

4  Ahl  give  me  this  to  know, 
With  all  thy  saints  below; 

.  s  r.l  t.>  compass  thee : 
Pants  in  thee  to  live  and  move ; 
Fiird  with  all  the  Deity, 
All  immersed  and  lost  in  love ! 


529  L-  «■ 

Thirsting  for  the  fulness  of  love. 

I  THIRST,  thou  wounded  Lamb  of  God, 
To  wash  me  in  thy  cleansing  blood  j 
ode ;  then  pain 
Is  sweet,  and  life  or  death  is  gain. 

1  Take  my  poor  heart,  and  let  it  be 

;  i  all  but  thee  : 
Seal  thou  my  breast,  and  let  me  wear 
That  pledgeof  love  forever  there. 

3  How  blest  are  they  who  still  abide 
Cb.se  shelter'd  in  thy  bleeding  side! 

nee  their  life  and  strength  derive, 
And  by  thee  move,  and  in  thee  live. 

4  What  are  our  works  but  sin  nr.d  death, 
Till  thou  .  .;.  utile  I 

:    wer  thy  grace  to  move ; 
U  wondrous  grace  1  O  boundless  love! 

6   How  can  it  be,  thou  heavenly  King, 
,    glory  bring ; 
partners  of  thy  I 

LVck'd  with  a  never-lading  crown  i 


SANCTIFICATION. 


319 


6  Hence  our  hearts  melt,  our  eyes  o'erflow, 
Our  words  are  lost,  nor  will  we"  know, 
Nor  -will  we  think  of  aught  beside, — 
My  Lord,  my  Love,  is  crucified. 

53Q  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

Ardent  longings  for  the  blessing. 

CCBIE,  O  thou  universal  Good, 
Balm  of  the  wounded  conscience,  come ! 
The  hungry,  dying  spirit's  food, 

The  weary,  wand'ring  pilgrim's  home  ; 
Haven  to  take  the  shipwreck'd  in, 
My  everlasting  rest  from  sin. 

2  Come,  O  my  comfort  and  delight; 

My  strength  and  health,  my  shield  and  sun 
My  boast,  and  confidence,  anil  might, 

My  joy,  my  glory,  and  my  crown : 
My  Gospel  hope,  my  calling's  prize  ; 
My  tree  of  life,  my  paradise. 

3  The  Secret  of  the  Lord  thon  art, 
The  mystery  so  long  unknown  ; 

Christ  in  a  pure  and  perfect  heart ; 

The  name  inscribed  on  the  white  stone : 
The  life  divine,  the  little  leaven, 
My  precious  pearl,  my  present  heaven. 

531  c.  m. 

Love  alone  victorious. 
TYTHE'N'  shall  I  see  the  welcome  hour 
l  V    That  plants  my  God  in  me  ? 
Spirit  of  health,  and  life,  and  power, 
And  perfect  liberty. 

2  Love  only  can  the  conquest  win, 

The  strength  of  sin  subdue  : 
Come,  O  my  Saviour,  cast  out  sin, 

And  form  my  soul  anew. 


320 


SAN'CTIFICATION. 


3  No  longer  then  my  heart  shall  mourn, 
While,  sanctified  by  grace, 

1  only  fi  r  his  glory  burn, 
And  always  see'his  face. 

532  c.  m. 

The  affections  crucified. 
TEST'S,  my  life,  thvself  apply ; 
O   Thy  Holy  Spirit  breathe  : 
My  vile  affections  crucify; 
Conform  me  to  thy  death. 

2  Conqu'ror  of  hell,  and  earth,  and  sin, 

Still  with  the  rebel  strive  : 
Enter  my  s-ml  and  work  within, 
And  kill  and  make  alive. 

3  More  of  thy  life,  and  more  I  have, 
As  the  old  Adam  dies  : 

Bury  me,  Savionr,  in  thy  grave, 

That  1  with  thee  may  rise. 

4  EvcisTi  in  me,  Lord;  thy  foes  control, 
Who  would  not  own  thy  sway; 

Diffuse  thine  image  through  my  soul ; 
Shine  to  the  perfect  day. 

5  Scatter  the  last  remains  of  sin, 
And  seal  me  thine  abode ; 

O  make  me  glorious  all  within, — 
A  temple  built  by  God ! 

533  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
A  lively  sacrifice  to  God. 

OGOD.  what  offring  shall  I  give 
To  thee,  the  Lord  of  earth  and  skies ! 
My  spirit,  soul,  and  flVsh  receive, 

A  hi.lv,  living  -iUcrinVe  : 
Small  as  it  is,  'tis 


SANCTIFICATION.  321 

2  Now,  then,  my  God,  thou  hast  my  soul : 
No  longer  mine,  but  thine  I  am : 

Guard  thou  thine  own,  possess  it  whole ; 
Cheer  it  with  hope,  with  love  inflame. 
Thou  hast  my  spirit;  there  display 
Thy  glory  to" the  perfect  day. 

3  Thou  hast  my  flesh,  thy  hallow'd  shrine, 
Devoted  solely  to  thy  will : 

Here  let  thy  light  forever  shine  : 
■  This  hous*e  still  let  thy  presence  fill. 
O  Source  of  life  !  live,  dwell,  and  move 
In  me,  till  all  my  life  be  love. 

4  Lord,  arm  me  with  thy  Spirit's  might : 
Since  I  am  call'd  by  thy  great  name, 

In  thee  let  all  my  thoughts  unite ; 

Of  all  my  works  be  thou  the  aim : 
Thy  love  attend  me  all  my  days, 
And  my  sole  business  be  thy  praise. 

534  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

Panting  for  purity. 

HOLY  Lamb,  who  thee  receive, 
Who  in  thee  begin  to  live, 
Day  and  night  they  cry  to  thee, — ■ 
As  "thou  art,  so  letus  be  ! 

2  Jesus,  see  my  panting  breast ; 
See,  I  pant  in  thee  to  rest ; 
Gladly  would  I  now  be  clean ; 
Cleanse  me  now  from  every  sin. 

3  Fix,  O  fbc  my  wav'ring  mind  ; 
To  thy  cross  my  spirit  bind  : 
Earthly  passions  far  remove  : 
Swallow  up  my  soul  in  love. 

4  Dust  and  ashes  though  we  he, 
Full  of  sin  and  misery, 

Thine  we  are,  thou  Son  of  God ; 
Take  the  purchase  of  thy  blood ! 


322  SANCTIFICATION. 

535  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s, 

The  mind  that  was  in  Christ. 

TESUS,  plant  and  root  in  me 
» J  All  the  mind  that  "was  in  thee ; 
Settled  peace  I  then  shall  find ; 
Jesus'  is  a  quiet  mind. 

2  Anger  I  no  more  shall  feel,— 
Always  even,  always  still ; 
Meekly  on  my  God  reclined ; 
Jesus'  is  a  gentle  mind. 

3  I  shall  suffer  and  fulfil 

All  my  Father's  gracious  will ; 
Be  in  all  alike  reaign'd; 
Jesus'  is  a  patient  blind. 

4  When  'tis  deeply  Tooted  here, 
Perfect  love  shall  cast  out  fear ; 
Fear  doth  servile  spirits  bind ; 
Jesus'  is  a  noble  mind. 

5  I  shall  nothing  know  beside 
Jesus,  and  him  crucified : 
Perfectly  to  him  be  join'd; 
Jesus'  is  a  loving  mind. 

6  I  shall  triumph  evermore ; 
Gratefully  my  God  adore  ; 
God  so  good,  so  true,  so  kind; 
Jesus'  is  a  thankful  mind. 

1  Lowly,  loving,  meek,  and  pure, 
I  shall  to  the  end  endure ; 
Be  no  more  to  sin  inclined ; 
Jesus'  is  a  constant  mind. 

8  I  shall  fully  be  restored 
To  the  image  of  my  Lord ; 
"Witnessing  to  all  mankind, 
Jesus'  is  a  perfeet  mind. 


SANCTIFICATION.  323 

536  c- M- 

The  refining  fire  of  the  ITohj  Spirit. 
TESTIS,  thine  all-victorious  love 
t)  Shed  in  my  heart  abroad  : 
Then  shall  my  feet  no  longer  rove, 
Rooted  and'fix'd  in  God. 

2  O  that  in  me  the  sacred  fire 
Might  now  begin  to  glow ; 

Bum  up  the  dross  of  base  desire, 
And  make  the  mountains  flow. 

3  0  that  it  now  from  heaven  might  fall, 
And  all  mv  sins  consume  : 

Come,  Holy'Ghcst,  for  thee  I  call; 
Spirit  of  burning,  come. 

4  Refining  fire, 'go  through  my  heart; 
Illuminate  my  soul ; 

Scatter  thy  life'  through  every  part, 
And  sanctify  the  whole. 

5  My  steadfast  soul,  from  falling  free, 
Shall  then  no  longer  move  ; 

"While  Christ  is  all  the  world  to  me, 
And  all  my  heart  is  love. 

537  c.  m. 

Ardent  desires  for  the  fulness  of  God. 

I  ASK  the  gift  of  righteousness, 
The  sin-suhdning  power ; 
Power  to  believe,  and  go  in  peace, 
And  never  grieve  thee  more. 

2  I  ask  the  blood-bought  pardon  seal'd, 
The  liberty  from  sin, 

The  grace  infused,  the  love  reveal'd, 
The  kingdom  fix'd  within. 

3  Thou  hear'st  me  for  salvation  pray ; 
Thou  seest  my  heart's  desire ; 

Made  ready  in  thy  powerful  day, 
Thy  fulness  I  require, 


324  SANCTIFICATION. 

4  My  restless  soul  cries  out,  oppress'd, 
Impatient  to  be  freed ; 

Nor  can  I,  Lord,  nor  will  I  rest, 
Till  1  am  saved  indeed. 

5  Thou  canst,  tbou  wilt,  I  dare  believe, 
So  arm  me  with  thy  power, 

That  I  to  sin  may  never  cleave, — 
May  never  feel  it  more. 

538  4th  P.  M.  8S6,  8SG. 

Panting  after  the  fulness  of  love. 

OLOVE  divine,  how  sweet  thou  art ! 
When  shall  1  fin, I  my  willing  heart 
All  taken  up  by 

1  thirst,  I  faint,  I  die  to  prove 
The  greatness  of  redeeming  love, — 

The  love  of  Christ  to  me. 

2  Stronger  his  love  than  death  or  hell ; 
Its  riches  are  unsearchable ; 

The  first-born  sons  of  light 
Desire  in  vain  iis  depths  to  see; 
They  cannot  reach  the  mystery, 

The  length,  the  breadth,  the"  height. 

3  God  only  knows  the  love  of  God ; 
O  that  it  now  were  shed  abroad 

In  this  poor  stony  heart : 
For  love  I  sigh,  for  love  I  pine ; 
This  only  portion,  Lord,  be  mine ; 

Be  mine  this  bettor  part. 

4  0  that  I  could  forever  sit 
With  Mary  at  the  Master's  feet ! 

Be  this  my  happy  choice ; 
My  only  care,  delight,  and  bliss, 
Mv  joy",  my  heaven  on  earth,  be  this, 

To  hear  'the  Bridegroom's  voice. 


SANCTIFICATION.  325 

S  O  that  I  could,  with,  favour'd  John, 
Recline  my  weary  head  upon 

The  dear  Redeemer's  breast : 
From  care,  and  sin,  and  sorrow  free, 
Give  me,  O  Lord,  to  find  in  thee 

My  everlasting  rest. 

539  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

Cut  short  the  work  in  rigJtteousness. 

SAVIOUR  of  the  sin-sick  soul, 
Give  me  faith  to  make  me  whole ; 
Finish  thy  great  work  of  grace  ; 
Cut  it  short  in  righteousness. 

1  Speak  the  second  time, — Se  clean! 
Take  away  my  inbred  sin ; 

Every  stumbling-block  remove ; 
Cast  "it  out  by  perfect  love. 

3  Nothing  less  will  I  require ; 
Nothing  more  can  I  desire  : 
None  but  Christ  to  me  be  given ; 

!N  one  but  Christ  in  earth  or  heaven. 

4  0  that  I  might  now  decrease ! 
O  that  all  I  am  might  cease  ! 
Let  me  into  nothing  fall ; 

Let  my  Lord  be  all  in  all ! 

540  c.  m. 

Come,  Lord  Jesus. 

0  JESUS !  at  thy  feet  we  wait, 
Till  thou  shalt  bid  us  rise ; 
Restored  to  our  unsinning  state, — 
To  love's  sweet  paradise. 

2  Saviour  from  sin,  we  thee  receive, 
From  all  indwelling  sin ; 

Thy  blood,  we  steadfastly  believe, 
Shall  make  us  tkrougbjy  clean, 


326  SANCTIFICATION. 

3  Since  thou  wouldst  have  us  free  from  sin, 
And  pure  as  those  above ; 

Make  haste  to  bring  thy  nature  in, 
And  perfect  us  in  love. 

4  The  counsel  of  thy  love  fulfil : 
Corae  quickly,  gracious  Lord ! 

Be  it  according  to  thy  will, 
According  to  thy  word. 

5  O  that  the  perfect  grace  were  given, 
Thy  love  diffused  abroad  : 

O  that  our  hearts  were  all  a  heaven, 
Forever  fill'd  with  God. 

541  c-  m. 

Come  quickly. 

COME  quickly,  gracious  Lord,  and  take 
Possession  of  thine  own ; 
My  longing  heart  vouchsafe  to  make 

Thine  everlasting  throne. 
2  Assert  thy  claim,  maintain  thy  right ; 

Come  quickly  from  above ; 
And  sink  me  to  perfection's  height,— 
The  depth  of  humble  love. 

542  s.  m. 

The  dominion  of  sin  destroyed, 

PRIS'NERS  of  hope,  arise, 
And  see  your  Lord  appear; 
Lo !  on  the  wings  of  love  he  flies, 
And  brings,  redemption  near. 

2  Redemption  in  his  blood, 
He  calls  you  to  receive  : — 

Look  unto  me,  your  pard'ning  God  : 
Believe, — he  cries, — believe. 

3  The  reconciling  word, 
We  thankfully  embrace ; 

Rejoice  in  our  redeeming  Lord, 
Aad  triumph,  in  hi*  grace. 


SANCTIFICATION.  327 

4  We  yield  to  be  set  free ; 
Thy  counsel  we  approve ; 

Salvation  we  ascribe  to  thee, 
And  glory  in  thy  love. 

5  Our  nature  shall  no  more 
O'er  us  dominion  have  : 


543  12th  P.  M.  76,  76,  78,  76. 

Speak  the  ward. 

EVER  fainting  with  desire, 
For  thee,  O  Christ,  I  call; 
Thee  I  restlessly  require ; 
I  want  my  God,  my  all. 
Jesus,  dear  redeeming  Lord, 

I  wait  thy  coming  trom  above  ; 
Help  me,  Saviour,  speak  the  word, 
And  perfect  me  in  love. 

2  Wilt  thou  suffer  me  to  gc 
Lamenting  all  my  days  2 

Shall  I  never,  never  know 

Thy  sanotifying  grace  ! 
Wilt  thou  not  thy  light  afford  1 

The  darkness  from  my  soul  remove  S 
Help  me,  Saviour,  speak  the  word, 

And  perfect  me  in  love. 

3  Thou  my  life,  my  treasure  be, 
My  portion  here  below  : 

Nothing  would  I  seek  but  thee, — 

Thee  only  would  I  know ; 
My  exceeding  great  reward, — 

My  heaven  on  earth,  my  heaven  above  i 
Help  me,  Saviour,  speak  the  word, 

And  perfect  me  in  love. 


328  SANCTIFICATION. 

4  Grant  me  now  the  bliss  to  feel 

Of  those  that  are  in  thee  : 
Son  of  God,  thyself  reveal ; 

Engrave  thy  Name  on  me. 
As  in  heaven,  be  here  adored, 

And  let  me  now  the  promise  prove ; 
Help  me,  Saviour,'  speak:  the  word, 

And  perfect  me  in  love. 

544  C.  M. 

Xbw  is  the  accepted  time. 
"VTOW,  even  now,  I  yield,  I  yield, 
X>   With  all  my  sins  to  part; 
Redeemer,  speak  my  pardon  seal'd, 
And  purify  my  heart. 

1  O  Jesus,  now  my  heart  inspire 
With  that  pure  love  of  thine  ; 

Enkindle  now  the  heavenly  fire, 

To  brighten  and  refine. 
3  Now  purify  my  faith  like  gold ; 

The  dross  of  sin  remove ; 
Melt  down  my  spirit,  Lord,  and  mould 

Into  tk„,  pi  'feet  love. 

545  c-  m- 

The  entire  surrender. 

OS  AYIOUR,  welcome  to  my  heart ; 
Possess  thy  humble  throne ; 
Bid  every  rival,  Lord,  depart, 
And  reign,  O  Christ,  alone. 

2  The  world  and  Satan  I  forsake ; 
To  thee  I  all  resign ; 

My  longing  heart,  O  Saviour,  take, 
And  fill  with  love  divine. 

3  O  may  I  never  rum  aside, 
Nor  from  thy  bosom  flee ; 

Let  nothing  here  my  heart  divide ; 
I  give  it  all  to  tbee. 


SANCTIFICATION.  329 

546  c-  M. 

The  work  accomplished. 

COME,  O  my  God,  the  promise  seal, 
This  mountain,  sin,  remove ; 
!Now  in  my  waiting  soul  reveal 
The  virtue  of  thy  love. 

2  T  want  thy  life,  thy  purity. 
Thy  righteousness,  brought  in  : 

I  ask,  desire,  and  trust  in  thee 
To  he  redc-em'd  from  sin. 

3  For  this,  as  taught  by  thee,  I  pray, 
My  inbred  sin  oast  out : 

Thou  wilt,  in  me,  thy  power  display ; 
I  can  no  longer  doubt. 

4  Let  anger,  sloth,  desire,  and  pride, 
This  moment  be  subdued  ; 

Be  cast  into  the  crimson  tide 
Of  my  Redeemer's  blood. 

5  Saviour,  to  thee  my  soul  looks  up, 
My  present  Saviour  thou ! 

Ir.  ail  {he  confidence  of  hope, 
I  claim  the  blessing  now. 

6  'Tis  done  ;  thou  dost  this  moment  save— 
With  full  salvation  bless ; 

Redemption  through  thy  blood  I  have, 
And  spotless  love  and'  peace. 

547  L-  m. 

The  evidence  of  perfect  love. 

QUICKENED  with  our  immortal  Head, 
Who  daily,  Lord,  ascend  with  thee ; 
Redeem'd  from  sin,  and  free  indeed, 

We  taste  our  glorious  liberty. 
5  Saved  from  the  fear  of  hell  and  death, 

With  joy  we  seek  the  things  above ; 
And  all  thy  saints  the  spirit  breathe 
Of  power,  sobriety,  and  love. 


330  SANCTIFICATION. 

3  Power  o'er  the  world,  the  flesh,  and  sin, 
We  through  thy  gracious  Spirit  feel : 

Full  power  the  victory  to  win, 
And  answer  all  thyrighteous  will. 

4  Pure  love  to  God  thy  memhers  find ; 
Pure  love  to  every  soul  of  man ; 

And  in  thy  sober,  spotless  mind, 

Saviour,"  our  lieaven  on  earth  we  gain. 

548  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  Ss. 

The  witness  of  entire  consecration. 

COME,  Holy  Ghost,  all-quick'ning  fire, 
Come,  and  in  me  delight  to  rest ; 
Drawn  by  the  lure  of  strong  desire, 
O  come  and  consecrate  my  breast ; 
The  temple  of  my  soul  prepare, 
And  fix  thy  sacred  presence  there. 

2  If  now  thine  influence  I  feel, 
If  now  in  thee  begin  to  live, 

Still  to  my  heart  thyself  reveal; 
Give  me  thyself,  forever  give  : 
A  point  mv  good,  a  drop  my  store, 
Eager  I  ask,  I  pant  for  more. 

3  Eager  for  thee  I  ask  and  pant, 
S  '  strong  the  principle  divine 

Carries  me  out  with  sweet  constraint, 

Till  all  my  hallow'd  soul  is  thine; 
Plunged  in  the  Godhead's  deepest  sea, 
And  lost  in  thy  immensity. 

4  My  peace,  my  life,  my  comfort  thou, 
My  treasure  and  my  all  thou  art; 

True  witness  of  my  sonship,  now 
Engraving  pardon  on  my  heart : 
Seal  of  my  sins  in  Christ  forgiven, 
Earnest  of  love,  and  pledge  of  heaven. 


MEANS  OF  GRACE. 


PRAYER    AND    INTERCESSION. 

549  l.  m. 

Design  of  prayer. 

PRAYER  is  appointed  to  convey 
The  blessings  God  designs  to  give  : 
Long  as  they  live  should  Christians  pray ; 
They  learn  to  pray  when  first  they  live. 

2  If  pain  afflict,  or  wrongs  oppress  ; 
If  cares  distract,  or  fears  dismay ; 

If  guilt  deject;  if  sin  distress; 
In  every  case,  still  watch  and  pray. 

3  Tis  prayer  supports  the  soul  that 's  weak : 
Though" thought  he  broken,  language  lame, 

Pray,  if  thou  canst  or  canst  not  speak ; 
But  pray  with  faith  in  Jesus'  name. 

4  Depend  on  him ;  thoa  canst  not  fail ; 
Make  all  thy  wants  and  wishes  known  ; 

Fear  not ;  his  merits  must  prevail : 
Ask  but  in  faith,  it  shall  be  done. 

550  c.  m. 

What  is  prayer  ? 

PRAYER  is  the  soul"s  sincere  desire, 
Utter'd  or  unexpress'd ; 
Tne  motion  of  a  hidden  fire 
That  trembles  in  the  breast. 

5  Praver  is  the  burden  of  a  sigh, — 
The'  falling  of  a  tear  — 

rhe  upward  glancing  of  an  eye, 

When  none  but  God  is  near. 
'.  Prayer  is  the  simplest  form  of  speech 

That  infant  lips  can  try ; 
Prayer,  the  sublimest  strains  that  reach 

The  Majesty  on  high. 


332  PRAYER  AND   INTERCESSION. 

4  Prayer  is  tile  Christian's  vital  breath, 
The  Christian's  native  air; 

His  -watchword  at  the  gates  of  death, — 
He  enters  heaven  with  prayer. 

5  Prayer  is  the  contrite  sinner's  voice, 
Returning  from  his  ways  ; 

While  angels,  in  their  songs,  rejoice, 
And  cry, — Behold,  he  prays ! 

6  0  Thou,  bv  whom  we  come  to  God, 
The  Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way,— 

The  path  of  prayer  thyself  hast  trod : — 
Lord,  teach  us  how  to  pray ! 

551  i*  m. 

The  mercy-seat. 

FIOM  every  stormy  wind  that  blows, 
From  every  swelling  tide  of  woes, 
There  is  a  calm,  a  sure  retreat; 
'Tis  found  beneath  the  mercy-seat. 

2  There  is  a  place,  where  Jesus  sheds 
The  oil  of  gladness  on  our  heads ; 

A  place  than  all  besides  more  sweet, — 
It  is  the  blood-bought  mercy-seat. 

3  There  is  a  scene,  where  spirits  blend, 
Where  friend  holds  follows), ip  with  friend; 
Though  Bnnder'd  far,  by  faith  they  meet, 
Around  one  common  mercy-seat. 

4  Ah!  whither  could  we  flee  for  aid, 
When  tempted,  desolate,  dismay'd! 
Or  how  the  hosts  of  hell  - 

Had  suff'ring  saints  no  mercy-seat? 

5  There,  there  on  eagles'  wings  we  soar, 
And  sin  and  sense  molest  DO  more; 

And  heaven  comes  down  our  souls  to  greet, 
While  glory  crowns  the  mercy-seat. 


PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION.  333 

552  1st  P.  M,  6  lines  8s. 
Lord,  teach  vs  to  pray. 

JESUS,  thou  sov'reign  Lord  of  all, — 
The  same  through  one  eternal  day,— 
Attend  thy  feeblest  follVer's  call, 
And  O,  instruct  us  how  to  pray ! 
Pour  out  the  supplicating  grace, 
And  stir  us  up  to  seek  thy  face. 

2  We  cannot  think  a  gracious  thought, 
We  cannot  feel  a  good,  desire, 

Till  thou,  who  callest  worlds  from  naught, 

The  power  into  our  hearts  inspire ; 
And  then  we  in  the  Spirit  groan, 
And  then  we  give  thee  back  thine  own. 

3  Come  in  thy  pleading  Spirit  down 
To  vis  who  for  thy  coming  stay ; 

Of  all  thy  gifts  we  ask  but  one. — 

"We  ask  the  constant  power  to  pray 
Indulge  us,  Lord,  in  this  request, 
Thou  canst  not  then  deny  the-iest. 

553  c.  m. 

Pray  without  ceasing. 

SHEPHERD  Divine,  our  wants  relieve 
In  this  our  evil  day, 
To  all  thy  tempted  fo'll'wers  give 
The  power  to  watch  and  pray. 

2  Long  as  our  fiery  trials  last, — 
Long  as  the  cross  we  bear, — 

O  let  our  souls  on  thee  be  cast 
In  never-ceasing  prayer. 

3  Till  thou  thv  perfect  love  impart; 
Till  thou  thyself  bestow, 

Be  this  the  crv  of  every  heart, — 
I  will  not  let  thee  go ;— 


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334  PRAYER   AND   INTERCESSION. 

4  I  will  not  let  thee  go,  unless 
Thou  tell  thy  name  to  me; 

With  all  thy  great  salvation  bless, 
And  make  me  all  like  thee. 

5  Then  let  me  on  the  mountain- top 
Behold  thy  open  face  ;     ■ 

Where  faith*  in  sight  is  swallow'd  up, 
And  prayer  in  endless  praise. 

554  c.  m. 

The  Lord's  Prayer. 
UR  Father.  Hod,  who  art  in  heaven, 
_    All  hallow'd  be  thv  name  ; 
Thy  kingdom  e.me  ;  thy  will  be  done 
In  heaven  and  earth  the  same. 

2  Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread; 
And  as  we  tlu.se  forgive 

Who  sin  against  us,  so  may  we 
Forgiving  grace  receive. 

3  Into  temptation  lead  us  not ; 
From  evil  set  us  free; 

And  thine  the  kingdom,  thine  the  power, 
And  glory,  ever  be. 

555  s.  m. 

The  Lord's  Prayer. 

OUR  heavenly  Father,  hear 
The  prayer  we  offer  now; 
Thy  name  be  hallow'd  far  and  near; 
To  thee  all  nations  bow. 

2  Thy  kingdom  come ;  thy  will 
Qn  earth  be  done  in  love. 

i  ;  and  seraphim  fulfil 

Thy  perfect  lav, 

3  Our  daily  bread  supply 
While  by  thy  word  we  live; 

The  guilt  of  our  iniquity 
Forgive,  as  We  I 


PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION.  335 

4  From  dark  temptation's  power, 
From  Satan's  wiles,  defend ; 

Deliver  in  the  evil  hour, 
And  guide  us  to  the  end, 

5  Thine  shall  forever  be 
Glory  and  power  divine ; 

The  sceptre,  throne,  and  majesty, 
Of  heaven  and  earth  are  thine. 

6  Thus  humbly  taught  to  pray 
By  thy  beloved  Son, 

Through  him  we  come  to  thee,  and  say,— 
All  for  his  sake  be  done. 

556  s.  m. 

The  spirit  of  prayer. 

THE  praying  spirit  breathe! 
The  watching  power  impart ; 
From  all  entanglements  beneath, 

Call  off  my  peaceful  heart ; 
My  feeble  mind  sustain, 

By  worldly  thoughts  oppress'd ; 
Appear,  and  bid  me  turn  again 

To  my  eternal  rest. 
2  Swift  to  my  rescue  come ; 

Thiae  own  this  moment  seize ; 
Gather  my  wand'ring  spirit  home, 

And  keep  in  perfect  peace  : 
Suffer'd  no  more  to  rove 

O'er  all  the  earth  abroad, 
Arrest  the  pris'ner  of  thy  love, 

And  shut  me  up  in  God. 

557  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  Is. 
Encouragements  to  pray. 

COME,  my  soul,  thy  suit  prepare ; 
Jesus  loves  to  answer  prayer ; 
He  himself  invites  thee  near,— 
Bids  thee  ask  him,  waits  to  hear. 


336  PRAYER  AMD  INTERCESSION. 

2  Lord,  I  come  to  thee  for  rest ; 
Take  possession  of  my  breast ; 

There,  thy  blood-bought  right  maintain, 
And  without  a  rival  reign. 

3  While  I  am  a  pilgrim  here, 
Let  thy  love  my  spirit  cheer; 

As  my  guide,  my  guard,  my  friend, 
Lead  me  to  my  journey's  end. 

4  Show  me  what  I  have  to  do ; 
Every  hour  my  strength  renew; 
Let  me  live  a  life  of  faith, — 
Let  me  die  thy  people's  death. 

558  l-  «. 

Blessings  of  prayer. 
TyHAT  various  hindrances  we  meet 
l  \    In  coining  to  a.  mercy-seat ; 
Yet  who  that  knows  the  worth  of  prayer, 
But  wishes  to  be  often  there! 
2  Prayer  makes  the  clarken'd  cloud  withdraw 
Prayer  climbs  the  ladder  Jacob  saw, 
<iives  exercise  to  faith  and  love ; 
Brings  every  blessing  from  above. 
i  "  Restraining  prayer,  we  cease  to  fight; 
Prayer  keeps  the  Christian's  armour  bright; 
And"  Satan  trembles  when  he  sees 
The  weakest  saint  upon  his  knees. 

559  s.  m. 

The  throne  of  grace. 

BEHOLD  the  throne  of  grace; 
The  promise  calls  us  near; 
There  Jesus  shows  a  Fmili:itr  face, 

And  waits  to  answer  prayer. 

2  Thin.-  image,  Lord,  bestow, — 

Thy  presence  and  thy  love,— 

That  we  may  serve  thee  here  below, 

And  reign  "with  thee  above. 


PRATER  AND  INTERCESSION.  337 

S  Teach  us  to  live  by  faith  — 

Conform  our  wills  to  thine  ; 
Let  us  victorious  be  in  death, 

And  then  in  glory  shine. 

4  If  thou  these  blessings  give, 

And  thou  our  portion  be, 
All  worldly  jovs  we  '11  gladly  leave, 

To  find  our  heaven  in  thee. 


560  lst  p-  M-  6  li'ies  Sa- 

TJie  power  of  prayer. 

0  WONDROUS  power  of  faithful  prayer ! 
What  tongue  can  tell  the'  almighty  graca 
God's  hands  or  bound  or  open  are, 

As  Moses  or  Elijah  prays  : 
Let  Moses  in  the  Spirit  groan, 
And  God  cries  out, — Let  me  alone  !— 

2  Let  me  alone,  that  all  my  wrath 
May  rise,  the  wicked  to  consume ; 

While  justice  hears  thy  praying  faith, 

It  cannot  seal  the  sinner's  doom : 
My  Son  is  in  my  servant's  prayer, 
And  Jesus  forces  me  to  spare. 

3  Father,  we  ask  in  Jesus'  name ; 
In  Jesus'  power  and  spirit  pray ; 

Divert  thy  vengeful  thunder's  arm ; 

O  turn  thy  threat'ning  wrath  away  1 
Our  guilt  and  punishment  remove, 
And  magniiy  thy  pard'ning  love. 

4  Father,  regard  thy  pleading  Son ; 
Accept  his  all-availing  prayer ; 

And  send  a  peaceful  answer  down, 

In  honour  of  our  Spokesman  there  ; 
Whose  blood  proclaims  our  sins  forgiven, 
And  speaks  thy  rebels  up  to  heaven. 


338   PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION. 

5G1  s.  m. 

,         The  hearer  of  prayer. 

F'.  praying  souls,  rejoice, 
And  bless  your  Father's  Name  ; 
With  joy  to  him  lift  up  your  voice, 
And  all  his  love  proclaim. 

2  Your  mournful  cry  he  hears ; 
Hi'  marks  your  feeblest  groan, 

Supplies  your  wants,  dispels  your  fears, 
And  makes  his  mercy  known. 

3  To  all  his  praying  saints 
He  ever  will  attend, 

And  to  their  sorrows  and  complaints 
His  ear  in  mercy  bend. 

4  Then  let  us  still  go  on 
In  his  appointed  ways. 

Rejoicincr  in  his  Name  alone, 
In  prayer  and  humble  praise. 

5(J2  llth  P.  M.  76,  76,  77,  76. 

My  help  cometh  from  the  Lord, 
rro  the  hills  I  lift  mine  eyes, 
1   The  everlasting  hills  ; 
Streaming  thence  in  fresh  supplies, 

My  soul  the  Spirit  feels  : 
Will  he  not  hie  help  afford! 

Help,  while  yet  I  ask,  is  given : 
God  comes  down :  the  God  and  Lord 

"Who  made  both  earth  and  heaven. 
2  Faithful  soul,  prav  alwavs  ;  pray, 

And  still  in  God  confide; 
He  thy  feeble  steps  shall  stay, 

Nor  suffer  thee  to  slide  ; 
Lean  on  thy  Redeemer's  breast; 

He  thy  quiet  spirit  keeps  ; 
R.-st  in  him,  securely  rest; 

Thy  watchman  never  sleep?. 


PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION.  339 

3  Neither  sin,  nor  earth,  nor  hell, 

Thy  Keeper  can  surprise ; 
Careless  slumbers  cannot  steal 

On  his  all-seeing  eyes ; 
He  is  Israel's  sure  defence ; 

Israel  all  his  care  shall  prove ; 
Kept  by  watchful  Providence, 

And  ever-waking  Love. 

563  Hth  P.  M.  16,  76,  77,  76. 

Continued. — The  Lord  is  thy  Keeper. 

SEE  the  Lord,  thy  Keeper,  stand 
Omnipotently  near : 
Lo !  he  holds  thee  by  thy  hand, 

And  banishes  thy  fear  : 
Shadows  with  his  wings  thy  head  ; 

Guards  from  all  impending  harms ; 
Round  thee  and  beneath  are  spread 
The  everlasting  arms. 

2  Christ  shall  bless  thy  going  out, 

Shall  bless  thy  corning  in ; 
Kindly  compass  "thee  about, 

Till  thou  art  saved  from  sin ; 
Lite  thy  spotless  Master,  thou, 

FiU'd'with  wisdom,  love,  and  power; 
Holy,  pure,  and  perfect  now, 

Henceforth,  and  i 


5Q4  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  ' 

Tlte  Litany. 

SAVIOUR,  when,  in  dust,  to  thee 
Low  we  bow  the'  adoring  knee, — 
When,  repentant,  to  the  skies 
Scarce  we  lift  our  streaming  eyes,— 
O,  by  all  thy  pain  and  wo 
Suffered  once  for  man  below, 
Bending  from  thy  throne  on  high, 
Hear  us  when  to  thee  we  cry. 


340  PRAYER  ANB  INTERCESSION. 

2  By  thine  hour  of  dark  despair, 
By  thine  agony  of  prayer ; 

By  the- cross,  the  iiai!,'the  thorn, 
Piercing  spear,  and  tort'ring  scorn ; 
By  the  gloom  that  veil'd  the  skiea 
O'er  the  dreadful  sacrifice, — 
Jesus,  look  with  pitying  eye; 
Listen  to  our  humble  cry. 

3  By  the  deep,  expiring  groan ; 
By  the  sad,  sepulchral  stone ; 
By  the  vault  whose  dark  abode 
Held  in  vain  the  rising  God, — 
O,  from  earth  to  heaven  restored, 
Mighty,  re-ascended  Lord, 
Saviour,  Prince,  exalted  high, 
Hear,  0  hear,  our  humble  cry. 


565  c.  m. 

Thy  will  he  done. 

THY  presence,  Lord,  the  place  shall  fill ; 
Jly  heart  shall  be  thy  throne ; 
Thy  nolv,  just,  and  perfect  will, 
Shall  in  my  flesh  be  done. 

2  I  thank  thee  for  the  present  grace, 
Aad  now  in  hope  rejoice ; 

In  confidence  to  see  thy  face, 
And  always  hear  thy  voice. 

3  I  have  the  things  I  ask  of  thee; 
What  more  shall  L  require! 

That  still  my  soul  may  restless  be, 
And  only  thee  desire. 

4  ^hy  only  will  be  done,  not  mine, 

l.    me,  Lord,  thy  home  ; 
thon  wilt,  1  that  resign, 

But  <>,  my  J,  si'.-  , 


PRATER  AND  INTERCESSION.  341 

568  c.  m. 

On  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven. 
TESUS,  the  Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way, 
»J   In  whom  I  now  believe, 
As  taught  by  thee,  in  faith  I  pray, 
Expecting  to  receive. 

2  Thy  will  by  me  on  earth  be  done, 
As  by  the  powers  above. 

Who  always  see  thee  on  thy  throne, 
And  glory  in  thy  love. 

3  I  ask  in  confidence  the  grace, 
That  I  may  do  thy  will, 

As  angels,  who  behold  thy  face, 
And  all  thy  words  fulfil. 

4  Surely  I  shall,  the  sinner  I, 
Shall  serve  thee  without  fear, 

If  thou  my  nature  sanctify 
In  answer  to  my  prayer. 

567  s.  m. 

For  a  single  eye. 

GOD  of  almighty  love, 
By  whose  sufficient  grace  - 

1  lift  my  heart  to  things  above, 
And  humbly  seek  thy  face  : 

Through  Jesus  Christ  the  Just, 

My  faint  desires  receive, 
And  let  me  in  thy  goodness  trust, 

And  to  thy  glory  live. 

2  Whate'er  I  say  or  do, 
Thy  glory  be  my  aim ; 

My  ofif'rings  all  be  offer'd  through 

the  ever-blessed  Name. 
Jesus,  my  single  eye 

Be  fix'd  on  thee  alone  : 
Thy  name  be  praised  on  earth,  on  high-, 

Thy  will  by  all  be  done. 


342  PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION. 

568  c.  m. 

For  victorious  faith. 

OFOR  a  faith  (hat  will  not  shrink, 
.    Though  press'd  by  every  foe, 
That  will  not  tremble  on  the  brink 
Of  any  earthly  wo ; — 

2  That  will  not  murmur  or  complain 
Beneath  the  chasfning  roil. 

But,  in  the  hour  of  grief  or  pain, 
AVill  lean  upon  its  God  ; — 

3  A  faith  that  shines  more  bright  and  clear 
When. tempests  rage  without; 

That  when  in  danger  knows  no  fear, 
In  darkness  feels  no  doubt; — 

4  That  bears,tmmi  'ved,the  world's  dread  frown, 
Nor  hei  smile ; 

That  seas  of  trouble  cannot  drown, 
Or  Satan's  arts  beguile  ; — 

5  A  faith  that  keeps  the  narrow  way 
Till  life's  last  hour  is  fled, 

And  with  a  pure  and  heavenly  ray 
Illumes  a  dying  bed. 

6  Lord,  L-:ve  is  such  a  faith  as  this, 
And  then,  whateVr  may  come. 

We'll  taste,  e'en  here,  the  hallow 'd  bliss 
Of  an  eternal  home. 

509  s  m- 

For  perfect  peace. 
TK?!"?,  my  Lard,  attend 
rl  Thy  feeble  creature's  cry; 
And  show  thys.  If  the  sinner's  Friend, 

And  s.-t  mi'  up  on  high. 
From  hell's  op]  i 

My  struggling  soul  release; 
And  to  thj  Father's  grace  Testort; 

And  to  thy  perfect  peace. 


PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION.   343 


2  Thy  blood  and  righteo 

I  make  my  only  plea ; 
My  present  and  eternal  peace 

Are  both  derived  from  thee. 
Rivers  of  life  divine 

From  thee,  their  fountain,  fiW ; 
And  all  who  know  that  love  of  thine, 

The  joy  of  angels  know. 

570  '  s.  m. 

For  diligence  and  watrftfulness. 

A  CHARGE  to  keep  I  have, 
A  God  to  glorify  ; 
A  never-dving  soul  to  save, 

And  fit  it  for  the  sky. 
To  serve  the  present  age, 

My  calling  to  fulfil,— 
O  may  it  all  my  powers  engage, 
To  do  my  Master's  will. 

2  Arm  me  with  jealous  care, 

As  in  thy  sight  to  live ; 
And  O,  thy  servant,  Lord,  prepare, 

A  strict  account  to  give. 
Help  me  to  watch  and  pray, 

And  on  thyself  rely, 
Assured,  if  I  my  trust  betray, 

I  shall  forever  die. 

571  l.  m. 

Social  dedication  to  God. 
TESUS,  our  best  beloved  friend, 
tj  Draw  out  our  souls  in  sweet  desire 
Jesus,  in  love  to  us  descend,— 
Baptize  us  with  thy  Spirit's  fire. 

2  On  thy  redeeming  name  we  call, 
Poor  and  unworthy  though  we  be; 

Pardon  and  sanctify  us  all, — 
Let  each  thy  full  salvation  see. 


344  PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION. 

3  Our  souls  and  bodies  we  resign, 
To  fear  and  follow  thy  commands; 

O  take  our  hearts,  our  hearts  are  thine; 
Accept  the  service  of  our  hands. 

4  Firm,  faithful,  watching  unto  prayer, 
Onr  Master"?  voice  will' we  obey; 

Toil  in  the  vineyard  here,  and  hear 
The  heat  and  burden  of  the  day. 

5  Yet,  Lord,  for  us  a  resting-place, 

In  heaven,  at  thy  right  hand,  prepare ; 
And  till  we  see  thee  face  to  face, 
Be  all  our  conversation  there. 

572  l-  m. 

For  tlic  fire  of  divine  love. 

OTHOTJ  who  earnest  from  above, 
The  pure  celestial  fire  to'  impart, 
Kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love, 
On  the  mean  altar  of  my  heart. 

2  There  let  it  for  thy  glory  burn, 
"With  inextingui  -liable  blaze; 

And  trembling  to  its  Source  return. 
In  humble  love  and  fervent  praise. 

3  Jesus,  confirm  my  heart's  desire. 

To  work,  and  speak,  and  think  for  thee; 
Still  let  me  guard  the  holy  fire, 
And  still  stir  op  thy  gift  in  me. 

4  Ready  for  all  thy  perfect  will. 

My  acts  of  faith  and  love  repeat 

Till  'death  thy  endless  mercies  seal, 

And  make  the  sacrifice  complete. 

573  L-  M- 

For  the  Spirit'*  guidance. 

TESTIS,  my  Saviour,  Brother,  Friend, 
On  whom  I  cast  my  every  care, 
On  whom  fof  all  things  I  depend, — 
Inspire   and  then  accept,  my  prayer. 


PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION.  345 

1  If  I  have  tasted  of  thy  grace, — 

The  grace  that  sure  salvation  brings ; 
If  with  me  now  thy  Spirit  stays, 

And,  hov'ring,  hides  me  in  his  winga ; 
S  Still  let  him  with  my  weakness  stay, 

Nor  for  a  moment's  space  depart ; 
Evil  and  danger  turn  away, 

And  keep,  till  he  renews,  my  heart. 
4  If  to  the  right  or  left  I  stray, 

His  voice  behind  me  may  I  hear, — 
Return,  and  walk  in  Christ,  thy  way ; 
-    Fly  back  to  Christ,  for  sin  is  near ! 

574  s.  m. 

For  fervent  zeal. 
TESUS,  I  fain  would  find 
v   Thy  zeal  for  God  in  me ; 
Thy  yearning  pity  for  mankind, — 

Thy  burning  charity. 
2  In  me  thy  Spirit  dwell ; 

In  me  thy  bowels  move  ; 
So  shall  the  fervour  of  my  zeal 

Be  the  pure  flame  of  love. 

575  4th  P.  M.  886,  886. 
For  power  over  temptation. 

[ELP,  Lord,  to  whom  for  help  I  fly, 


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And  still  my  tempted  soul  stand  by 

Throughout  the  evil  day ; 
The  sacred  watchfulness  impart, 
And  keep  the  issues  of  my  heart, 

And  stir  me  up  to  pray. 
5  My  soul  with  thy  whole  armour  arm ; 
In  each  approach  of  sin,  alarm, 

And  show  the  danger  near : 
Surround,  sustain,  and  strengthen  me, 
And  fill  with  godly  jealousy 

AM  sanctifying  fear, 


346  PRAYER  AXD  INTERCESSION. 

3  Whene'er  my  careless  hands  hang  down, 
O  let  me  see  thy  gathering  frown, 

And  feel  thy  warning  eye ; 
And  starring',  cry,  from  ruin's  brink, — 
Save,  Jesus,  or  I  yield,  I  sink ; 

O  save  me,  or  I  die. 

4  If  near  the  pit  I  rashly  stray, 
Before  I  wholly  fall  away, 

The  keen  conviction  dart : 
Recall  me  by  that  pitying  look, — 
That  kind,  upbraiding  glance,  which  broke 

Unfaithful  Peter's  heart. 

5  Tn  me  thine  utmost  mercy  show, 
And  make  me,  like  thyself"  below, 

Unblamable  in  grace ; 
Ready  prepared  and  fitted  here, 
By  perfect  holiness,  to'  appear 
'Before  thy  glorious  face. 

576  s.  m. 

For  entire  consecration. 

TESUS,  my  strength,  my  hope, 
«J   On  thee  I  cast  my  care ; 
With  humble  confidence  look  up, 

And  know  thon  hear'st  my  prayer. 
Give  me  on  thee  to  wait, 

Till  I  can  all  things  do ; 
On  thee. — almighty  to  create, 

Almighty  to  renew. 

2  I  want  a  sober  mind, 

A  self-renouncing  will, 
That  tramples  down?  and  casta  behind, 

The  baits  of  pleasing  ill : 
A  soul  inured  to  pain, 

To  hardship,  grief,  and  loss ; 
Bold  to  take  up,  firm  to  sustain, 

The  consecrated  cross, 


PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION.  347 

3  I  want  a  godly  fear, 

A  quick  discerning  eye, 
That  looks  to  thee  when  sin  is  near, 

And  sees  the  tempter  fly : 
A  spirit  still  prepared, 

And  ami'd  with  jealous  care ; 
Forever  standing  on  its  guard, 

And  watching  unto  prayer. 

577  s-  M« 

For  'perfect  submission. 

I  "WANT  a  heart  to  pray,— 
To  pray,  and  never  cease ; 
Never  to  murmur  at  thy  stay, 

Or  wish  my  suff'rings  lesB. 
This  blessing,  above  ail- 
Always  to  pray, — I  want ; 
Out  of  the  deep  on  thee  to  call, 
And  never,  never  faint. 

2  I  want  a  true  regard, 

A  single,  steady  aim, — 
Unmoved  by  threat'ning  or  reward, 

To  thee  and  thy  great  name ; 
A  jealous,  just  concern, 

For  thine  immortal  praise ; 
A  pure  desire  that  all  may  leam 

And  glorify  thy  grace. 

8  I  rest  upon  thy  word, — 

The  promise  is  for  me ; 
My  succour  and  salvation,  Lord, 

Shall  surely  come  from  thee  : 
But  let  me  still  abide, 

Nor  from  my  hope  remove, 
Till  thou  my  patient  spirit  gTiide 

Into  thy  perfect  love. 


348  PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION. 

578  L-  M- 

.For  sustaining  grace. 
"AfY  hope,  my  all,  my  Saviour  thou; 
111  To  thee,  Io,  now  iny  soul  I  bow ; 
I  feel  the  bliss  thy  wounds  impart, — 

1  find  thee,  Saviour,  in  my  heart. 

2  Be  thou  my  strength, — be  thou  my  way; 
Protect  me  through  my  life's  short  day : 
In  all  my  acts  may  wisdom  guide, 

And  keep  me,  Saviour,  near  thy  side. 

3  In  fierce  temptation's  darkest  hour, 
Save  me  from  sin  and  Satan's  power ; 
Tear  every  idol  from  thy  throne, 
And  reign",  my  Saviour,  "reign  alone. 

4  My  suff "ring  time  shall  soon  be  o'er ; 
Then  shall  I  sigh  and  weep  no  more  : 
My  ransi'in'd  soul  shall  soar  away, 
To"  sing  thy  praise  in  endless  day. 

579  c- M- 

For  a  tender  conscience. 

I  WANT  a  principle  within, 
Of  jealons,  godly  fear ; 
A  sensibility  or 
A  pain  to  feel  it  near : 

1  want  the  first  approach  to  feel, 
Of  pride,  or  fond  desire ; 

To  catch  the  wand  "ring  of  my  will, 
And  quench  the  kindling  fire. 

2  From  thee  that  I  no  more  may  part, 
No  more  thy  goodness  grieve, 

The  filial  awe,  the  fleshly  heart, 
The  tender  conscience,  give. 

Quick  as  the  apple  of  an  eye, 
0  God,  my  conscience  make ; 

Awake  my  soul  when  sin  is  nigh, 
And  keep  it  still  awake. 


PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION.  349 

3  If  to  the  right  or  left  I  stray, 

That  moment,  Lord,  reprove  ; 
And  let  me  weep  my  life  away, 

For  having  grieved  thy  love. 
O  may  the  least  omission  pain 

My  well-instructed  soul, 
And  drive  me  to  the  blood  again, 

Which  makes  the  wounded  whole. 

580  s.  m. 

For  watchfulness  and  circumspection. 

BID  me  of  men  beware, 
And  to  my  ways  take  heed ; 
Discern  their  every  secret  snare, 
And  circumspectly  tread. 

2  O  may  I  calmly  wait 
Thy  succours  from  above  ; 

And  stand  against  their  open  hate, 
And  well-dissembled  love. 

3  My  spirit,  Lord,  alarm, 
When  men  and  devils  join : 

'Gainst  all  the  powers  of  Satan  arm, 
In  panoply  divine. 

4  0  may  I  set  my  face, 
His  onsets  to  repel ; 

Quench  all  his  fierv  darts,  and  chase 
The  fiend  to  his  own  hell. 

5  But,  above  all,  afraid 
Of  my  own  bosom  foe, 

Still  let  me  seek  to  thee  for  aid,— 
To  thee  my  weakness  show : 

6  Hang  on  thy  arm  alone, 
With  self-distrusting  care, 

And  deeply  in  the  Spirit  groan 
The  Beyer-ceasing  prayer. 


350  PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION. 
5§1  19tli  P.  M.  G64,  6664. 

For  the  Saviour's  guidance. 
~\  TY  faith  looks  up  to  thee, 
lu  Thou  Lamb  of  Calvary : 

Saviour  divine, 
Now  hear  me  while  I  pray ; 
Take  all  my  guilt  away; 
O  let  me,  from  this  day, 

Be  wholly  thine. 
2  May  ihy  rich  grape  impart 
Strength  to  my  fainting  heart; 

My  zeal  inspire ; 
As  tliou  hast  died  for  me, 
O  may  my  love  to  thee 
Pure,  warm,  and  changeless  be— 

A  living  fire. 
S  While  life's  dark  maze  I  tread, 
And  griefs  around  me  spread, 

Be  thou  my  Guide  ; 
Bid  darkness  turn  to  day; 
Wipe  sorrow's  tears  away, 
Nor  let  me  ever  stray 

From  thee  aside. 

4  When  ends  life's  transient  dreaai ; 
When  death"s  cold,  sullen  stream 

Shall  o'er  me  roll ; 
Blest  Saviour,  then,  in  love, 
Fear  and  distress  remove ; 
O,  bear  me  safe  above, — 

A  ransom'd  soul. 

5  §2  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  la. 

For  humility  and  protection. 

GOD  of  Love,  who  hearest  prayer, 
Kindly  for  thy  people  care, 
Who  on  thee  alone  depend  : 
Love  ws,  saye  ns  to  the  end. 


PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION.  351 

2  Save  us,  in  the  prosp'rous  hour, 
From  the  flatt'ring  tempter's  power ; 
From  his  unsuspected  wiles, — 
From  the  world's  pernicious  smiles. 

3  Save  us  from  the  great  and  wise, 
Till  they  sink  in  their  own  eyes, 
Tamely  to  thy  yoke  submit, 

Lay  their  honour  at  thy  feet. 

4  Never  let  the  world  break  in ; 
Fix  a  mighty  gulf  between ; 
Keep  us  little  and  unknown, 
Prized  and  loved  by  God  alone. 

5  Let  us  still  to  thee  look  up, — 
Thee,  thv  Israel's  strength  and  hope ; 
Nothing  know,  or  seek,  beside 
Jesus,  and  him  crucified. 

583  L.  m. 

For  lowliness  and  purity. 

JESUS,  in  whom  the  Godhead's  rays 
Beam  forth  with  mildest  majesty; 

1  see  thee  full  of  truth  and  grace, 
And  come  for  all  I  want  to  thee. 

2  Save  me  from  pride, — the  plague  expel ; 
Jesus,  thine  humble  self  impart : 

O  let  thy  miud  within  me  dwell ; 
O  give  me  lowliness  of  heart. 

3  Enter  thyself,  and  cast  out  sin; 
Thy  spotless  purity  bestow : 

Touch  me,  and  make  the  leper  clean ; 
Wash  me,  and  I  am  white  as  snow. 

4  Sprinkle  me,  Saviour,  with  thy  blood, 
And  all  thy  gentleness  is  mine ; 

And  .plunge  me  in  the  purple  flood, 
Till  all  I  am  is  lost  in  thine. 


352  PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION. 

584  L-  M- 

For  constant  devotednest. 

IORD,  fill  me  with  an  humble  fear; 
1  My  utter  helplessness  reveal; 
Satan' and  sin  are  always  near, — 
Thee  may  I  always  nearer  feel. 

2  O  that  to  thee  my  constant  mind 
Might  with  an  even  flame  aspire ; 

Pride  in  its  earliest  motions  find, 
And  mark  the  risings  of  desire. 

3  O  that  my  tender  bouI  might  fly 
The  first  abhorrd  approach  of  ill ; 

Quick  as  the  apple  of  an  eye, 
The  slightest  touch  of  sin  to  feel. 

4  Till  thou  anew  my  soul  create, 

Still  may  I  strive!  and  watch,  and  pray; 
Humbly  and  confidently  wait, 
And  long  to  see  the  perfect  day. 

585  c-  *■ 

For  the  fulness  of  God1!  grace. 
JEHOVAH,  God  the  Father,  bless, 
«J  And  thine  own  work  defend ; 
With  mercy:s  outstretch'd  arms  embrace, 

And  keep  us  to  the  end. 
Preserve  the  creatures  of  thy  love 

By  providential  care : 
Conducted  to  the  realms  above, 

To  sing  thy  goodness  there. 
2  Jehovah,  God  the  Son,  reveal 

The  brightness  of  thy  face  ; 
And  all  thy  pardon'd  people  fill 

With  plenitude  of  grace. 
Shine  forth  with  all  the  Deity, 

Which  dwells  in  thee  alone ; 
And  lift  us  up  thy  face  to  see, 

On  thy  eternal  throne. 


PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION.   353 

3  Jehovah,  God  the  Spirit,  shine, 

Father  and  Son  1o  show  : 
With  bliss  ineffable,  divine, 

Our  ravish'd  hearts  o'erfiow. 
Sure  earnest  of  that  happiness 

Which  human  hope  transcends, 
Be  thou  our  everlasting  peace, 

When  grace  in  glory  ends. 

586  L- M- 

For  the  Saviour's  protection. 
TESUS,  I  fain  would  walk  in  thee,— 
O   From  nature's  every  path  retreat ; 
Thou  art  my  Way, — my  Leader  be, 

And  set  upon  the  rock  my  feet. 
2  Uphold  me,  Saviour,  or  I  fall ; 

O  reach  me  out  thy  gracious  hand : 
Only  on  thee  for  help  I  call, — 
Only  by  faith  in  thee  I  stand. 

587  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  7s. 
For  reviving  grace, 

LIGHT  of  life,— seraphic  fire,— 
Love  divine, — thyself  impart : 
Every  fainting  soul  inspire ; 

Shine  in  every  drooping  heart : 
Every  mournful  sinner  cheer ; 

Scatter  all  our  guilty  gloom : 
Son  of  God,  appear!  appear! — 

To  thy  human  temples  come. 
2  Come  in  this  accepted  hour ; 

Bring  thy  heavenly  kingdom  is ; 
Fill  us  with  thy  glorious  power, 

Rooting  out  the  seeds  of  sin : 
Nothing  more  can  we  require, — 

We  will  covet  nothing  less ; 
Be  thon  all  our  hearts'  desire, — 

All  our  joy,  and  all  our  peace. 

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354  PRAYER  AXD  INTERCESSION. 

588  S.  M. 
For  a  revival. 

OLORD,  thy  work  revive, 
In  Zion's  gloomy  hour, 
And  let  our  dying  graces  live 
By  thy  restoring  power. 

2  O  let  thy  chosen  few 
Awake  to  earnest  prayer; 

Their  covenant  asr.iin  renew, 
And  walk  in  filial  l'ear. 

3  Thy  Spirit  then  will  speak 
Through  lips  of  humble  clay, 

Till  hearts  of  adamant  shall  break,— 
Till  rebels  shall  obey. 

4  Now  lend  thy  gracious  ear; 
Now  listen  to  our  cry  : 

O  come,  and  bring  salvation  near ; 
Our  souls  on  thee  rely. 

589  l-  M. 

For  mourners  in  Zion. 

OLET  the  prisoner's  mournful  cries 
As  incense  in  thy  sight  appear : 
Their  humble  wailings  pierce  the  skies, 
If  haply  they  may  feel  thee  near. 

2  The  captive  exiles  make  their  moans, 
From  sin  impatient  to  be  free  : 

Call  home,  call  home  thy  banish'd  ones ; 
Lead  captive  their  captivity. 

3  Show  them  the  blood  that  bought  their  peace, 
The  anchor  of  their  steadfast  hope, 

And  bid  their  guilty  terrors  cease, 
And  bring  the  ransonvd  pris'ners  up. 

4  Ont  of  the  deep  regard  their  cries ; 
The  fallen  raise,  the  mourners  cheer: 

O  Sun  of  righteousness,  arise, 
And  scatter  all  their  doubt  and  fear. 


PRAYER  AXD  INTERCESSION.    355 

5  Pity  the  clay  of  feeble  things ; 

O  gather  every  halting  soul; 
And  drop  salvation  from  thy  wings, 

And  make  the  contrite  sinner  whole. 

590  L- M- 

For  the  lanibs  of  the  flock. 

AUTHOR  of  faith,  we  seek  thy  face 
For  all  who  feel  thy  work  begun ; 
Confirm,  and  strengthen  them  in  grace, 
And  bring  thy  feeblest  childrerf  en. 

2  Thou  seest  their  wants,thou  knaw'st  their  nr.mes; 
Be  mindful  of  thy  youngest  care  ; 

Be  tender  of  the  new-born  lambs, 
And  gently  in  thy  bosom  bear. 

3  In  safety  lead  thy  little  flock,— 
From  hell,  the  world,  and  sin,  secure ; 

And  set  their  feet  upon  the  rock, 
And  make  in  thee  their  goings  sure. 

591  L-  m. 

For  the  peace  of  Jerusalem. 
THOU,  our  Saviour,  Brother,  Friend, 
Behold  a  cloud  of  incense  rise ; 
The  prayers  of  saints  to  heaven  ascend, 
Grateful,  accepted  sacrifice. 

2  Regard  our  prayers  for  Zion's  peace ; 
Shed  in  our  hearts  thy  love  abroad ; 

Thy  gifts  abundantly  increase  ; 
Enlarge,  and  fill  us  all  with  God. 

3  Before  thy  sheep,  great  Shepherd,  go, 
And  guide  into  thy  perfect  will ; 

Cause  us  thy  hallow'd  name  to  know ; 
The  work"  of  faith  in  us  fulfil. 

4  Help  us  to  make  our  calling  sure ; 
O  let  us  all  be  saints  indeed, 

And  pure,  as  thou  thyself  art  pure, — 
Conform/ d  in  all  things  to  our  Head. 


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356  PRAYER  AiNT)  INTERCESSION. 

5  Take  the  dear  purchase  of  thy  blood ; — 
Thy  blood  shall  wash  us  white  as  snow : 

Present  us  sanctified  to  God, 
And  perfected  in  love  below. 

592  c  m. 

Fbr  the  coming  of  Christ's  kingdom. 

FATHER  of  me  and  all  mankind, 
And  all  the  hosts  above. 
Let  every  understanding  mind 
Unite  to  praise  thy  love. 

2  To  know  thy  nature  and  thy  name, 
One  Grd  in  persons  Three ; " 

And  glorify  the  great  I  Ail, 
Through  all  eternity. 

3  Thy  kingdom  come,  with  power  ana  grace, 
To  every  heart  of  man: 

Thy  peace,  and  joy,  and  righteousness, 
In  all  our  bosoms  reign. 

4  The  righteousness  that  never  ends, 
But  makes  an  end  of  sin — 

The  joy  that  human  thought  transcends— 
Into  "our  souls  bring  in. 

593  c.  m. 

For  the  waters  of  sah-atinn. 
T70UNTAIX  of  life,  to  all  below 
J   Let  thy  salvation  roll ; 
Water,  replenish,  and  o'erflow 
Everj'  believing  soul. 

2  Into  that  happy  number,  Lord, 
Us  weary  sinners  take  ; 

Jesus,  fulfil  thy  gracious  word, 
For  thine  own  mercy's  sake. 

3  Turn  back  our  nature's  rapid  tide, 
And  we  shall  flow  to  thee, 

While  down  the  stream  of  time  we  glide 
To  our  eternity. 


FAMILY  DEVOTION.         357 

4  The  well  of  life  to  us  thou  art,— 
Of  joy,  the  swelling  flood ; 

Wafted  by  thee,  with  -willing  heart, 
We  swift  return  to  God. 

5  We  soon  shall  reach  the  boundless  sea 
Into  thy  fulness  fall ; 

Be  lost  and  swallow 'd  up  in  thee, — 
Our  God,  our  All  in  All. 


FAMILY  DEVOTION. 

594  L.  M. 

Rejoicing  at  the  return  of  the  SabbatJt. 

MY  opening  eyes  with  rapture  see 
The  dawn  of  this  returning  day ; 
,   My  thoughts,  O  God,  ascend  to  thee, 
While  thus  ray  early  vows  I  pay. 

2  I  yield  my  heart  to  thee  alone, 
Xor  would  receive  another  guest: 

Eternal  King,  erect  thy  throne, 
And  reign  sole  monarch  in  my  breast. 

3  O  bid  this  trifling  world  retire, 

And  drive  each  carnal  thought  away ; 
Nor  let  me  feel  one  vain  desire, 
One  sinful  thought,  through  all  the  day, 

4  Then,  to  thy  courts  when  I  repair, 
My  soul  shall  rise  on  joyful  wing, — 

The  wonders  of  thy  love  declare, 
And  join  the  strains  which  angels  sing. 

595  c-  M. 

Sunday  morning :  Preparing  for  public  worship. 

LORD,  in  the  morning  thou  shalt  hear 
My  voice  ascending  high : 
To  thee  will  I  direct  my  prayer,— 
To  thee  lift  up  mine  eye :— 


358         FAMILY  DEVOTION. 

2  Up  to  the  hills  where  Christ  is  gone, 
To  plead  for  all  his  saints ; 

Presenting,  at  the  Father's  throne, 
Our  songs  and  our  complaints. 

3  Thou  art  a  God  before  whose  sight 
The  wicked  shall  not  stand; 

Sinners  shall  ne'er  be  thy  delight, 
Nor  dwell  at  thy  right  hand. 

4  Now  to  thy  house  will  I  resort, 
To  taste  thy  mercies  there  ; 

1  will  frequent  thy  holy  court, 
And  worship  in' thy  tear. 

5  O  may  thy  Spirit  guide  my  feet 
In  ways  of  righteousness; 

Make  every  path  of  duty  straight, 
And  plain  before  my  face. 

596  L  M. 

Morning:  Adoration. 
A  RISE,  my  soul,  with  rapture  rise, 
jl\  And,  fill'd  with  love  and  fear,  adore 
The  awful  Sov'reign  of  the  skies, 
Whose  mercy  lends  thee  one  day  more. 

2  And  may  this  day,  indulgent  Power, 
Not  idly  pass,  nor  fruitless  be; 

But  may  "each  swiftly  passing  hour 
Still  nearer  bring  iny  soul  to  thee. 

597  l.  m. 

Morning:  Sacrifice  of  praise  and  prayer. 

AWAKE,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun 
Thy  daily  sfege  of  duty  run; 
Shake 'off  dull  sloth,  and  joyful  rise 
To  pay  thy  morning  sacrifice. 
2  Wake,  and  lift  up  thyself,  my  heart, 
And  with  the  angels  bear  thy  part, 
Who  all  night  long  unwearied  sing 
High  praises  to  the'  eternal  King. 


'    FAMILY  DEVOTION.         359 

S  All  praise  to  Thee,  who  safe  hast  kept, 
And  hast  refresh'd  me  while  I  slept : 
Grant,  Lord,  when  I  from  death  shall  wake, 

1  may  of  endless  life  partake. 

4  Lord,  I  my  tows  to  thee  renew; 
Scatter  my  sins  as  morning  dew ; 

Guard  my  first  springs  of  thought  and  will 
And  with  thyself  my  spirit  fill. 

5  Direct,  control,  suggest,  this  day, 
All  I  design,  or  do,  or  say ; 

That  all  my  powers,  with  all  their  might, 
In  thy  sole  glory  may  unite. 

598  l.  m. 

Morning :  The  Lord  is  my  portion. 

OGOD,  my  God,  my  all  thou  art : 
Ere  shines  the  dawn  of  rising  day, 

Thy  sov'reign  light  within  my  heart, 
Thy  aU-enliv'ning  power,  display. 

2  For  thee  my  thirsty  soul  doth  pant, 
While  in  this  desert  land  I  live ; 

And,  hungry  as  I  am,  and  faint. 
Thy  love  alons  <?an  comfort  give. 

3  In  a  dry  land,  behold,  I  place 
My  whole  desire  on  thee,  O  Lord ' 

■And  more  I  joy  to  gain  thy  grace, 
Than  all  earth's  treasures  can  afford. 

4  More  dear  than  life  itself  thy  love 

My  heart  and  tongue  shall  still  employ ; 
And  to  declare  thy  praise  will  prove 
My  peace,  my  glory,  and  my  joy. 

5  In  blessing  thee  with  grateful  songs, 
My  happy  life  shall  glide  away ; 

The  "praise  that  to  thy  Name  belongs, 
Hourly,  with  lifted  hands,  I  '11  pay. 


360        FAMILY  DEVOTION. 

599  c-  M. 

Morning;  Tlie  Sun  of  r!n7iteotimess. 

AWAKE,  my  soul,  to  meet  the  day ; 
Unfold  thy  drowsy  eyes, 
And  burst  the  heavy  chain  that  binds 
Thine  active  faculties. 

2  God's  guardian  shield  was  round  me  spread 
In  my  defenceless  sleep  : 

Let  Him  have  all  my  waking  hours 
Who  doth  my  slumbers  keep. 

3  Pardon,  O  God,  my  former  sloth, 
And  arm  my  soul  with  grace ; 

As,  rising,  now  I  seal  my  vows 
uie  thy  ways. 

4  Bright  Sun  of  righteousness,  arise; 
Thy  radiant  be 

And  guide  my  dark,  bewiider'd  soul 
To  everlasting  day. 

COO  c- M- 

ITorning :  Self -consecration. 

OXCE  more,  my  soul,  the  rising  day 
Salutes  thy  waking  I 
Once  hut;',  my  voice,  thy  tribute  pay 
To  Him  that  rules  the 

2  Xight  unto  night  his  Name  repeats, 
The  day  renews  the  sound ; 

Wide  as  the  heavens  on  which  he  sits, 
To  turn  the  seasons  round. 

3  'Tis  he  supports  my  mortal  frame; 
My  tongue  shall  speak  his  praise; 

My  ^-ins  might  rouse  his  wrath  to  name, 
But  yet  his  wTath  delays. 

4  O  God,  let  all  my  hours  be  thine, 
Whilst  I  enjoy  the  light; 

Tlien  shall  my  sun  in  smiles  decline, 
And  bring  a  peaceful  night. 


FAMILY  DEVOTION.         361 

601  c- M- 

Morning :  Thankfulness  and  trust. 

GIVER  and  Guardian  of  onr  sleep, 
To  praise  thy  name  we  wake  : 
Still,  Lord,  thy  helpless  servants  keep, 
For  thine  own  mercy's  sake. 

2  The  blessing  of  another  day 
We  thankfully  receive  : 

0  may  we  only  thee  obey, 
And  to  thy  glory  live. 

3  Upon  us  lay  thy  mighty  hand ; 
Our  words  and  thoughts  restrain ; 

And  bow  our  souls  to  thy  command, 
Nor  let  our  faith  be  vain. 

4  Pris'ners  of  hope,  we  wait  the  hour 
Which  shall  salvation  bring  : 

When  all  we  are  shall  own  thy  power, 
And  call  our  Jesus,  King. 

602  s.  m. 

Morning :  Tribute  of  praise. 

SEE  how  the  morning  sun 
Pursues  his  shining  way ; 
And  wide  p^  "laims  his  Maker's  praise, 
With  every  bright'ning  ray. 

2  Thus  would  my  rising  soul 
Its  heavenly  Parent  sing, 

And  to  its  great  Original 
The  humble  tribute  bring. 

3  Serene  I  laid  me  down, 
Beneath  his  guardian  care ; 

1  slept,  and  I  awoke,  and  found 
My  kind  Preserver  near. 

4  My  life  I  would  anew 
Devote,  O  Lord,  to  thee ; 

And  in  thy  service  I  would  spend 
A  long  eternity. 


362      family  devotion. 
603  8-  m. 

Morning:  The  day-star  from  on  high. 
"E  lift  our  hearts  to  thee. 


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O  Day-star  from  on  high ! 
The  sun  itself  is  but  thy  shade, 
Yet  cheers  both  earth"  and  sky. 

2  O  let  thy  rising  beams 
The  night  of  sin  disperse, — 

The  mists  of  error  and  of  -vice, 
Which  shade  the  universe. 

3  How  beauteous  nature  now ; 
How  dark  and  sad  before  ; 

With  joy  we  view  the  pleasing  change, 
And  nature's  God  adore. 

4  0  may  no  gloomy  crime 
Pollute  the  rising  day; 

Or  .Tesus'  blood,  like  evening  dew, 
Wash  all  the  stains  away. 

5  May  we  this  life  improve, 
To  mourn  for  errors  past ; 

And  live  this  short,  revolving  day 
As  if  it  were  our  last. 

604  c-  m. 

Morning:  Grateful  praise. 

LORD  of  my  life,  O  may  thy  praise 
Employ  my  noblest  powers, 
Whose  goodness  lengthens  out  my  days, 
And  fills  the  circling  hours. 

2  While  many  spent  the  night  in  sighs, 
And  restless  pains  and  woes, 

In  gentle  sleep  I  closed  my  eyes, 
And  undisturb'd  repose. 

3  O  let  the  same  almighty  care 
My  waking  hours  attend ; 

From  every  danger,  every  snare, 
My  heedless  steps  defend. 


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FAMILY  DEVOTION.         383 

4  Smile  on  my  minutes  as  they  roll. 

And  guide  my  future  days  ; 
And  let  thy  goodness  fill  my  soul 

"With  gratitude  and  praise. 

605  c-  M- 

Morning:  Confident  security. 
N  thee,  each  morning,  O  my  God, 
My  waking  thoughts  attend  ; 
In  thee  are  founded  all  my  hopes, — 
In  thee  my  wishes  end. 

1  My  soul,  in  pleasing  wonder  lost, 
Thy  boundless  love  surveys  ; 

And, 'fired  with  grateful  zeal,  prepares 
A  sacrifice  of  praise. 

3  God  leads  me  through  the  maze  of  sleep, 
And  brings  me  safe  to  light ; 

And,  with  the  same  paternal  care, 
Conducts  my  steps  till  night. 

4  When  evening  slumbers  press  mine  eyes, 
With  his  protection  blest, 

In  peace  and  safety  I  commit 
My  wearied  limbs  to  rest. 

5  My  spirit,  in  his  hand  secure, 
Fears  no  approaching  ill ; 

For,  whether  walring  or  asleep, 
The  Lord  is  with  me  still. 

606  l.  m. 

Morning  and  evening  -mercies. 

MY  God,  how  endless  is  thy  love ; 
Thy  gifts  are  every  evening  new ; 
And  morning  mercies  from  above, 
Gently  descend  like  early  dew. 

2  Thou  spread'st  the  curtains  of  the  night- 
Great  Guardian  of  my  sleeping  hours ; 

Thy  sov'ieign  word  restores  the  light, 
And  quickens  all  my  drowsy  powers. 


364         FAMILY  DEVOTION. 

3  I  yield  myself  to  thy  command ; 

To  thee  devote  my  nights  and  days  ; 
Perpetual  blessings  from  thy  hand 

Demand  perpetual  songs  of  praise. 

607  *  m. 

Evening:  Trusting  in  God. 

CALORY  to  thee,  my  God,  this  night, 
J  For  nil  the  blessings  of  the  light : 
Keep  me,  O  keep  me,  "King  of  kings, 
Beneath  the  shadow  of  thy  wings. 
1  Forgive  me,  Lord,  for  thy  dear  Son, 
The  ill  which  I  this  day  have  done ; 
That  with  the  world,  myself,  and  thee, 
I,  ere  I  sleep,  at  peace  may  be. 

3  Teach  me  to  live,  that  I  may  dread 
The  grave  as  little  as  my  bed; 
Teach  me  to  die,  that  so'  I  may 
Rise  glorious  at  the  judgment-day. 

4  O  let  my  soul  on  thee  repose, 

And  may  "sweet  sleep  mine  eyelids  close ; 
Sleep,  which  shall  me  more  vig'rous  make, 
To  serve  my  God,  when  I  awake. 

5  Lord,  let  mv  bouI  forever  share 
The  bliss  of  thy  paternal  care  • 

'Tis  heaven  on  earth,  'tis  heaven  above, 
To  see  thy  face,  and  sing  thy  love. 

g08  5lh  p-  M-  4  lines  78« 

Evening:  Communion  Kith  God. 
COFTLY  now  the  light  of  day 
kJ  Fades  upon  our  Bight  away ; 
Free  from  care,  from  labour  free. 
Lord,  we  would  commune  with  thee. 
1  Soon  from  us  the  light  of  day 
Shall  forever  pass  away  ; 
Then,  from  sin  and  sorrow  free, 
Take  us,  Lord,  to  dwell  with  thee. 


FAMILY  DEVOTION.         385 

609  9ih  p-  M-  87>  87- 
Evening :  Confidence  in  God's  protection. 

SAVIOUR,  breathe  an  evening  blessing, 
Ere  repose  our  sphits  seal ; 
Sin  and  want  we  come  confessing ; 
Thou  canst  save  and  thou  canst  heal. 

2  Though  destruction  walk  around  ub, 
Though  the  arrows  past  us  fly, 

Angel  guards  from  thee  surround  us ; 
We  are  safe,  if  thou  art  nigh. 

3  Though  the  night  he  dark  and  dreary, 
Darkness  cannot  hide  from  thee ; 

Thou  art  He  who,  never  weary, 
Watckest  where  thy  people  be. 

4  Should  swift  death  this  night  o'ertske  us, 
And  command  us  to  the  tomb, 

May  the  morn  in  heaven  awake  us, 
Clad  in  bright,  eternal  bloom. 

610  c.  m. 

Evening :  Gratitude  and  trust. 

GREAT  God,  to  thee  my  evening  song 
With  gratitude  I  raise  ; 
O  let  thy  mercy  time  my  tongue, 
And  fill  my  heart  with  praise. 

2  My  days,  unclouded  as  they  pass, 
And  every  fleeting  hour, 

Are  monuments  of  wondrous  grace, — 
Of  mercy,  love,  and  power. 

3  Thy  love  and  power,  celestial  guard, 
Preserve  me  from  all  harm  : 

Can  danger  reach  me  while  the  Lord 
Extends  his  mighty  arm  ? 

4  Let  this  blest  hope  mine  eyelids  close ; 
With  sleep  refresh  my  frame ; 

Safe  in  thy  care  may  I  repose, 
And  wake  to  praise  thy  Name. 


366         FAMILY  DEVOTION. 

611  C.  BL 

Evening:  Numberless  mercies. 
VOW  from  the  altar  of  oiir  hearts, 
1.1    Let  warmest  thanks  arise  ; 
Assist  us,  Lord,  to 
Our  evening  sacrifice. 

2  This  day  God  was  our  sun  and  shield, 
Our  keeper  and  our  guide  ; 

His  care  was  on  our  weakness  shown, — 
His  mercies  multiplied. 

3  Minutes  and  mercies  multiplied, 
Have  made  up  all  this  cay; 

Minutes  came  quick,  hut  mercies  were 
More  swift  and  free  than  they. 

4  New  time,  new  favours,  and  new  joys, 
Do  a  new  son?  . 

Till  we  shall  praise  thee  as  we  would, 
Accept  our  Hearts'  desire. 

612  l.  m. 

Evening:  Memorials  of  His  grace. 

THUS  far  the  Lord  hath  led  me  on,— 
Thus  far  his  power  prolongs  my  days; 
And  every  evening  shall  make  known 
Some  fresh  memorial  of  his  grace. 

2  Much  of  my  time  has  run  to  waste, 
And  Ij  perhaps,  am  near  my  home  : 

But  he  forgives  my  follies 
And  gives  me  strength  for  days  to  come. 

3  I  lay  my  body  down  to  si 
Peace  is  the  pillow  for  n 

While  weU-appointed  ange 
Their  watchful  stations  round  my  bed. 

4  Thus,  when  the  night  of  death  shall  come, 

iili  the  ground, 
And 'wait  thy  voice  to  rouse  my  tomb, 
With  sweet  salvation  in  the  sound. 


FAMILY  DEVOTION.         367 

613  c- M- 

Evening  :  Relying  upon  divine  grace. 

LORD,  thou  wilt  hear  me  when  I  pray ; 
I  am  forever  thine  : 
I  fear  before  thee  all  the  day, 

Nor  would  I  dare  to  sin. 
C  And  while  I  rest  my  weary  head, 

From  cares  and  business  free, 

'Tis  sweet  conversing  on  my  bed 

With  my  own  heart  and  thee. 

3  I  pay  this  evening  sacrifice ; 
And,  when  my  work  is  done, 

Great  God,  my  faith,  my  hope  relies 
Upon  thy  grace  alone. 

4  Thus,  with  my  thoughts  composed  to  peace, 
I'll  give  mine  eyes  to  sleep ; 

Thy  hand  in  safety  keeps  my  days, 
And  will  my  slumbers  keep. 

614  s.  u. 

Evening:  Commending  the  soul  to  God. 

THOU  seest  my  feebleness, 
Jesus,  be  thou  my  power, — 
My  help  and  refuge  in  distress, 
My  fortress  and  my  tower. 

2  Give  me  to  trust  in  thee ; 
Be  thou  my  sure  abode  : 

My  horn,  and  rock,  and  buckler  be, 
My  Saviour  and  my  God. 

3  Myself  I  cannot  save, — 
Myself  I  cannot  keep, — 

But  strength  in  thee  I  sorely  have, 
Whose  eyelids  never  sleep. 

4  My  soul  to  thee  alone, 
Now  therefore  I  commend  : 

Thou,  Jesus,  love  me  as  thine  own, 
And  love  me  to  the  end. 


368  FAMILY  DEVOTION. 

615  P-  M.  86,  86,  88. 

The  evening  sacrifice. 

THOU,  Lord  of  life,  whose  tender  care 
Hath  led  us  on  till  now, 
Here,  lowly,  at  the  hour  of  prayer, 

Before  tny  throne  we  bow  : 
We  bless  thy  gracious  hand,  and  pray 
Forgiveness  for  another  day. 

2  With  prayer,  our  humble  praise  we  bring, 
For  mercies  day  by  day  : 

Lord,  teach  our  hearts  thy  love  to  sing ; 

Lord,  teach  us  how  to  pray  : 
All  that  we  Lave  we  owe  to  thee, — 
Thy  debtors  through  eternity. 

3  Thou,  blessed  God,  hast  been  our  guide, 
Through  life  our  guard  and  friend ; 

Yet  still,  throughout  life's  wearied  tide, 

Preserve  us  to  the  end : 
And  when  this  life's  sad  journey  's  past, 
Receive  us  to  thyself  at  last. 

4  In  our  Redeemer's  name,  for  all 
These  blessings  we  implore ; 

Prostrate,  O  Lord,  "before  thee  fall, 

And  gratefully  adore  : 
Bend  from  thy  throne  of  earth  and  skies, 
And  bless  our  evening  sacrifice. 

61G  c- M- 

Evening:  Cheerful  confidence. 

FT  mercy,  Lord,  remember  me, 
Through  all  the  hours  of  night, 
And  grant  to  me  most  graciously 

The  safeguard  of  thy  might. 
2  With  cheerful  heart  I  close  mine  eyes, 

Since  thou  wilt  not  remove  : 
0,  in  the  morning  let  me  rise 
Rejoicing  in  thy  love. 


FAMILY  DEVOTION.         369 

3  Or,  if  this  night  shonld  prove  my  last, 

And  end  my  transient  days ; 
Lord,  take  me  to  thy  promised  rest, 

"Where  I  may  sing  thy  praise. 

617  10th  P.  M.  8  lines  8s. 

Evening :  Perfect  security. 

INSPIRER  and  Hearer  of  prayer, 
Thou  Shepherd  and  Guardian  divine, 
My  all  to  thy  covenant  care 

I,  sleeping  or  -waking,  resign. 
While  thou  art  my  shield  and  my  sun, 

The  night  is  no  darkness  to  me ; 
And,  fast  as  my  minutes  roll  on, 
They  bring  me  but  nearer  to  thee. 

2  A  sov'reign  Protector  I  have, 
Unseen,  yet  forever  at  hand ; 

Unchangeably  faithful  to  save, — 
Almighty  to  rule  and  command. 

Thy  minist'ring  spirits  descend 
To  watch,  while  thy  saints  are  asleep ; 

By  day  and  by  night  they  attend, 
"The  heirs  of  salvation  to  keep. 

3  Their  worship  no  interval  knows ; 
Their  fervour  is  still  on  the  wing ; 

And  while  they  protect  my  repose, 
They  chant  to  the  praise  of  my  King. 

I,  too,  at  the  season  ordain'd, 
Their  chorus  forever  shall  join ; 

And  love  and  adore,  without  end, 
Their  faithful  Creator  and  mine. 

618  c-  M« 

Evening:  Angelic  guardianship. 

ALL  praise  to  Him  who  dwells  in  bliss, 
Who  made  both  day  and  night ; 
Whose  throne  is  in  the  vast  abyss 
Of  uncreated  light. 


370         FAMILY  DEVOTION. 

2  Each  thought  and  deed  his  piercing  eyes 
With  strictest  search  survey ; 

The  deepest  shades  no  more  disguise, 
Than  the  full  blaze  of  day. 

3  Whom  thou  dost  guard,  O  King  of  kings, 
No  evil  shall  molest : 

Under  the  shadow  of  thy  wings 
Shall  they  securely  rest. 

4  Thy  angels  shall  around  their  beds 
Their  constant  stations  kr-ep  : 

Thy  faith  and  truth  shall  shield  their  heads, 
For  thou  dost  never  sleep. 

5  May  we  with  calm  and  sweet  repose, 
And  heavenly  thoughts  refresh'd, 

Our  eyelids  with  the  mom  unclose, 
And  bless  Thee,  ever  blest. 

619  L.  M. 

SabbalJi,  evening :  Thj  kingdom  come. 

"\  TILLIOXS  within  thy  courts  have  met, 
1V1  Millions  this  day  before  thee  bow'd; 
Their  faces  Zionward  were  set, — 
Vows  with  their  lips  to  thee  they  vow'd. 

2  But  thou,  soul-searching  God !  hast  known 
The  hearts  of  all  that  bent  the  knee ; 

And  hast  accepted  those  alone. 
Who  in  the  spirit  worshipp'd  thee. 

3  People  of  many  a  tribe  and  tongue, 
Of  varii  1  lands, 

Have  heanl  thy  truth,  thy  glory  sung, 
And  ofl'ur'd  prayer  with  holy  hands. 

4  And  not  a  prayer,  n  tear,  a  sigh, 
Hath  fail'd  this  day  some  suit  to  gain; 

To  tlio3e  in  trouble  thou  wert  nigh  J 
Not  one  hath  sought  thy  face  in  vain. 


FAMILY  DEVOTION.         371 

5  Tliy  poor  were  bountifully  fed, — 

Thy  chasten'd  s?ns  have  kiss'd  the  rod; 
Thy  mourners  have  been  comforted, — 
The  pure  in  heart  have  seen  their  God. 

6  Yet  one  prayer  more ; — and  be  it  one, 

In  which  both  heaven  and  earth  accord  ;— 
Fulfil  thy  promise  to  thy  Son : 
Let  all  that  breathe  call  Jesus  Lord! 

620  L-  M. 

MgJd. 

THEE,  in  the  watches  of  the  night, 
Do  I  not,  Lord,  remember  still, 
And  meditate  with  calm  delight 
Upon  the  counsels  of  thy  will! 
2  Thy  will  is  my  perfection  here ; 

And  sighs  for  this,  my  whole  desire, 
To'  attiiin  that  heavenly  character, 
And  spotless  in  thine 'arms  expire. 

621  l.  m. 

Self-dedication  to  the  Lord. 

OLORD,  thy  heavenly  grace  impart, 
And  fix  my  frail,  inconstant  heart ; 
Henceforth  my  chief  desire  shall  be 
To  dedicate  myself  to  thee. 

2  Whate'er  pursuits  my  time  employ, 
One  thought  shall  fill  my  soul  with  joy : 
That  silent,  secret  thought  shall  be, 
That  all  my  thoughts  are  fix'd  on  thee. 

3  Thy  glorious  eye  pervadeth  space ; 
Thy  presence,  Lord,  fills  every  place ; 
And  wheresoe'er  my  lot  may  be, 
Still  shall  my  spirit  rest  with  thee. 

4  Renouncing  every  worldly  thing, 
And  safe  beneath  thy  spreading  wing, 
My  sweetest  thought  henceforth  shall  b*, 
That  all  I  want  I  find  in  thee. 


372         FAMILY  DEVOTION. 

622 


0 


Peace,  lore,  and  unity. 
LORD,  another  day  has  flown, 
And  we,  a  lowly  band, 
Are  met  once  more  before  thy  throne, 
To  bless  thy  fost'ring  hand. 

2  Thy  heavenly  grace  to  each  impart ; 
All  evil  far  remove  ; 

And  shed  abroad  in  every  heart 
Thine  everlasting  love. 

3  Our  s'uls,  obedient  to  thy  sway, 
In  Christian  bonds  unite  : 

Let  peace  and  love  conclude  the  day, 
And  hail  the  morning  light. 

4  Thus  chasten'd,  cleansed,  entirely  th-ine, 
A  flock  by  Jesus  led, — 

The  sua  of  "holiness  shall  shine 
In  glory  on  our  head. 

5  And  thou  wilt  turn  our  wand'ring  feet, 
And  thou  wilt  bless  cur  way, 

Till  worlds  shall  fade,  and  faith  shall  greet 
The  dawn  of  endless  day. 

623  P-  M-  884>  884' 

Tribute  of  gratitude. 

FATHER  of  spirits',  hear  our  prayer; 
Our  life,  our  hope,  our  comforter, 
Our  Btrong  6 
To  thee  our  thankful  hearts  we  raise, 
And  humbly,  gladly  hyinn  thy  praise, 

Presezri 
1  Thy  gentle  hand  hath  smooth'd  our  way; 
OStain'd  us  day  by  day; 
In  thee  we  move  : 
O  may  thy  mercies,  L.rd,  inspire 
Our  hi  arts  with  gratitude,  and  fire 
Our  souls  with  love. 


FAMILY  DEVOTIOl)         373 

624  c.  m. 

Habitual  devotion,  i 

WHILE  thee  I  seek,  protect^  Power, 
Be  my  vain  wishes  still'd  a 
And  may  this  consecrated  hour 
With  better  hopes  be  fill'd. 

2  Thy  love  the  power  of  though  bestow'd 
To  thee  my  thoughts  would  skr: 

Thy  mercy  o'er  my  life  has  flovid ; 
That  mercy  I  adore. 

3  In  each  event  of  life,  how  cleaf 
Thy  ruling  hand  I  see  ; 

Each  blessing  to  my  soul  most  dlar, 
Because  conferr'd  by  thee. 

4  In  every  joy  that  crowns  my  days, 
In  every  pain  I  bear, 

My  heart  shall  find  delight  in  praise, 
Or  seek  relief  in  prayer. 

5  When  gladness  wings  my  farour'd  hour, 
Thy  love  my  thoughts  shall  fill ; 

Resign'd,  when  storms  of  sorr.w  lower, 
My  soul  shall  meet  thy  will. 

6  My  lifted  eye,  without  a  tea , 
The  gath'ring  storm  shall  set : 

My  steadfast  heart  shall  know  no  fear; 
That  heart  will  rest  on  thee. 

625  L- M- 

Infinite  indebtedness. 

GREAT  God,  let  all  our  tuneful  powers 
'  Awake,  and  sing  thy  mighty  Name  : 
Thy  hand  revolves  the  "circling  hours — 

Thy  hand,  from  whence  our  being  came, 
2  Seasons  and  moons,  still  rolling  round 
In  beauteous  order,  speak  thy  praise ; 
And  years,  with  smiling  mercy  crown'd, 
To'thee  successive  honours  raise. 


374        AMTLY  DEVOTION. 

S  Our  life,  ad  health,  and  friends,  we  owe 
All  to  th;  vast,  unbounded  love ; 

Ten  thousa'd.  precious  gifts  below, 
And  hop<of  nobler  joys  above. 

4  Thus  ma  we  sing  till  nature  cease, — 
Till  sensi  and  language  are  no  more  ; 

And,  after  eath,  thy  boundless  grace 
Through  3veilasting  years  adore. 

(326  4ta  p-  M-  8&6»  8B6. 

lor  the  head  of  a  family. 

I  AND  nr  house  will  serve  the  Lord : 
But  first  obedient  to  his  word 
I  must  mystlf  appear ; 
By  actions,  wj>rds,  and  tempers,  show 
That  I  my  heavenly  Master  know, 
And  serve  vith  heart  sincere, 

2  I  must  the  |air  example  set , 
From  those  Hat  on  my  pleasure  wait 

The  stuinbing-bloek"  remove; 
Their  duty  b/  my  life  explain, 
And  still  hi  ;11  my  works  maintain 

The  dignity  of  love. 

3  Easy  to  be  entreated,  mild, 
Quickly  appeased  and  reconciled, 

A  foll'wer  of  my  God  : 
A  saint  indeed  I  long  to  be, 
And  lead  my  faithful  family 

In  the  celestial  road. 

4  Lord,  if  thou  didst  the  wish  infuse, 
A  vessel  fitted  for  thy  use 

Into  thy  hands  receive  : 
Work  in  me  both  to  will  and  do ; 
And  show  thorn  how  believers  true, 

And  real  Christians,  live. 


FAMILY  DEVOTION.         375 

627  S.  M. 

Household  consecration. 

THE  power  to  bless  my  house, 
Belongs  to  God  alone  ; 
Yet  rend'ring  bim  my  constant  vows, 
He  sends  his  blessings  down. 

2  Shall  I  not  then  engage 

My  fa  use  to  serve  the  Lord, — 
To  search  the  soul-converting  page, 
And  feed  upon  bis  word  : — 

3  To  ask,  with  faith  and  hope, 
The  grace  which  he  supplies, 

In  prayer  and  praise  to  oiler  up 
Their  daily  sacrifice  % 

4  Let  each  his  sin  eschew, 
Through  thy  restraining  grace; 

Our  father  Abraham's  .-;ej  *  pursue, 
And  walk  in  all  thy  ways. 

5  Saviour  of  men,  incline 

The  hearts  which  thou  hast  made, — 
Which  thou  hast  bought  with  blood  divice, 
To  ask  thy  promised  aid. 

6  Me  and  my  house  receive, 
Thv  fam'ly  to  increase : 

And  let  us  in  thy  favour  live, 
And  let  us  die"  in  peace. 

628  l.  m. 

Commencing  the  labours  of  the  day. 

FORTH  in  thy  name,  O  Lord,  I  go, 
My  daily  labours  t->  pursue; 
Thee,  only  thee,  resolved  to  know, 

In  all  I  think,  or  speak,  or  do. 
2  Thee  will  I  set  at  my  right  hand, 

Whose  eyes  mine  inmost  substance  see ; 
And  labour  on  at  thy  command, 
And  offer  all  my  works  to  thee. 


376         FAMILY  DEVOTION. 

3  Give  me  to  bear  thy  easy  yoke, 
And  every  moment  watch  and  pray; 

And  still  to  things  eternal  look, 
And  hasten  to  thy  glorious  day  : — 

4  For  thee  delightfully  employ 
"Whate'er  thy  bounteous  grace  has  given; 

And  ran  my  course  with  even  joy, 
And  closely  walk  with  thee  to  heaven. 

629  lst  p-  M-  6  Unea  8s. 

For  a  blessing  on  the  children. 

CAPTAIN  of  our  salvation,  take 
The  souls  we  here  present  to  thee, 
And  fit  for  thy  great  service  make 

These  heirs  of  immortality  : 
And  le;  them  in  thine  image  rise, 
And  th;n  transplant  to  paradise. 

0  Unspotted  from  the  world,  and  pure, 
Preserve  them  for  thy  glorious  cause, 

Accustom'd  daily  to  endure 
The  welcome  burden  of  thy  cross ; 

Inured  to  toil  and  patient  pain, 

Till  all  thy  perfect  mind  they  gain. 

3  Our  sons  henceforth  be  wholly  thine, 
And  serve  and  love  thee  all  their  days ; 

Infuse  the  principle  divine 

In  all  who  here  expect  thy  grace ; 
Let  each  improve  the  grace  btstow'd ; 
Rise  every  child  a  man  of  God. 

4  Train  up  thy  hardy  soldiers,  Lord, 
In  all  their  Captain's  steps  to  tread; 

Or  send  them  to  proclaim  thy  word, — 

Thy  gospel  through  the  world  to  spread ; 
Freely  as  they  receive  to  give, 
And  preach  the  death  by  which  we  live ! 


FAMILY  DEVOTION.         377 

030  L  - -i. 

No  tueees*  without  God's  blessing. 

EXCEPT  the  Lord  our  labours  bless. 
In  va:n  shall  m.'4  desire  success; 
Except  his  guardian  power  restrain, 
The  watchman  waketh  but  in  vain. 

2  'Tis  useless  toil  onr  stores  to  keep,— 
Early  to  rise  and  late  to  sleep, — 
Unless  the  Lord,  who  re  isms  OH  high, 
His  providential  care  supply. 

3  Grant,  Lord,  that  we  may  ever  flee 
For  guidance  and  for  help  to  thee ; 
Thy  "blessing1  ask,  whate'er  we  do, 
Anil  in  thy  strength  our  work  pursue. 

631  c.  M. 

On  returning  from  a  journey. 

THOU,  Lord,  hast  blest  my  going  out; 
O  bless  my  coming  in  : 
Compass  my  weakness  round  about, 
And  keep  me  safe  from  sin. 

2  Still  hide  me  in  thy  secret  place  ; 
Thy  tabernacle  spread : 

Shelter  me  with  preserving  grace, 
And  screen  my  naked  head. 

3  To  thee  for  refuge  may  I  ran, 
From  sin's  alluring  snare  : 

Ready  its  first  approach  to  shun, 
And  watching  unto  prayer. 

4  O  that  I  never,  never  more 
Might  from  thy  ways  depart : 

Here  let  me  give  my  wand?rings  o'er, 
By  giving  thee  my  heart. 

5  Fix  my  new  heart  on  things  above, 
And  then  from  earth  release ; 

I  ask  not  life,  but  let  me  love, 
And  lay  me  down  in  peace. 


378         FAMILY  DEVOTION. 

632  p-  m-  m  V. 

Save  mercy  on  vs. 

LORD  of  mercy  and  of  might, 
Of  mankind  the  life  and  light, 
Maker,  Teacher,  Infinite, — 
Jesus !  hear  and  save. 

2  Strong  Creator,  Saviour  mild, 
Humbled  to  a  little  child, 
Captive,  beaten,  bound,  reviled, — 

Jesus !  hear  and  save. 

3  Borne  aloft  on  angels'  wings, 
Throned  above  celestial  things, 
Lord  of  lords,  and  King  of  kings — 

Jesus !  hear  and  save. 

4  Soon  to  come  to  earth  again, 
Judge  of  angels  and  of  men, 
Hear  us  now,  and  hear  us  then, — 

Jesus !  hear  and  save. 

633  c  m. 

Acquiescence  in,  the  Divine  Will. 

AUTHOR  of  good,  we  rest  on  thee  : 
Thine  ever  watchful  eye 
Alone  our  real  wants  can  see, — 
Thy  hand  alone  supply. 

2  In  thine  all  gracious  providence 
Our  cheerful  hopes  confide  ; 

u       O  let  thy  power  be  our  defence,— 
«.      Thy  love  our  footsteps  guide. 

3  ->nd  since,  by  passion's  force  subdued, 
Too  oft,  with  stubborn  will, 

We  blindly  shun  the  latent  good, 
And  grasp  the  specious  ill, — 

4  Not  what  we  wish,  but  what  we  want, 
Let  mercy  still  supply  : 

The  good  unask'd,  O  Father,  grant; 
The  ill,  though  ask'd,  deny. 


FAMILY  DEVOTION.  379 

634  c  K- 

In  deep  affliction. 

OGOD,  who  madest  earth  and  sky, 
The  darkness  and  the  day, 
Give  ear  to  this  thy  family, 
And  help  us  when  we  pray : — 

2  For  wild  the  waves  of  bitterness 
Around  our  vessel  roar, 

And  heavy  grows  the  pilot's  heart, 
To  view  the  rocky  shore. 

3  The  cross  oui  Master  bore  for  us, 
For  him  we  fain  would  bear; 

But  mortal  strength  to  weakness  turns, 
And  courage  to  despair. 

4  Have  mercy  on  our  failings,  Lord ; 
Our  sinking  faith  renew ; 

And  when  thy  sorrows  visit  us, 
O  send  thy  patience  too. 

G35  l.  m. 

Parting  of  friends. 

THY  presence,  everlasting  God! 
Wide  o'er  all  nature  spreads  abroad: 
Thy  watchful  eyes,  which  cannot  sleep, 
In  every  place  thy  children  keep. 

2  "While  near  each  other  we  remain, 
Thou  dost  our  lives  and  souls  sustain 
When  sep'rate,  happy  if  we  share 
Thy  smiles  and  thy  paternal  care. 

3  To  thee  we  all  our  ways  commit, 
And  seek  our  comforts  near  thy  feet ; 
Still  on  our  souls  vouchsafe  to  shine, 
And  guard  and  guide  us  still  as  thine. 

4  Bring  us  again  to  pay  our  vows, 
O  Lord,  in  thy  beloved'  house ; 
Or,  if  that  joy  no  more  be  known, 
O  may  we  meet  around  thy  throne. 


380      family  devotion. 

636  l.  m. 

On  changing  place  of  abode. 

SOLE  Sov'reign  of  the  earth  and  sides, 
Supremely  good,  supremely  wise, 
Fix  thou  the  place  of  our  abode, 
But  let  it  still  be  near  our  God. 

2  On  earth  we  weary  pilgrims  roam, 
Nor  fiud,  nor  hope,  a  lasting  home  ; 
We  seek  a  house  not  made  with  hands, 
A  heavenly  house,  which  ever  stands. 

3  Yet  while  we  sojourn  here  below, 
Let  streams  of  mercy  round  us  flow ; 
And  when  our  destined  race  is  run, 
Assign  us  mansions  near  thy  throne. 

637  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  7s. 
Death  of  a  child. 

WHEREFORE  should  I  make  my  moan, 
\\    Now  the  darling  child  is  dead"? 
lie  to  early  rest  is  gone, — 
He  to  paradise  is  fled  : 

1  sir  all  go  to  him,  but  he 
Never  shall  return  to  me. 

2  God  forbids  his  longer  stay ; 
God  recalls  the  precious  loan ; 

God  hath  taken  him  away, 

Fmm  my  bosom  to  Ins  own : 
Surely  what  he  wills  is  best; 
Happy  in  his  will  I  rest. 

S  Faith  cries  out,— It  is  the  Lord, 
Let  him  do  as  seems  him  good ! 

Be  thy  holy  name  adored ; 
Take  the'  gift  awhile  bestow'd  : 

Take  the  child  no  longer  mine ; 

Thine  he  is,  forever  thine. 


FAMILY  DEVOTION.  381 

G38  c.  m. 

Overwhelming 

OTHOU,  who  in  the  olive  shade, 
When  the  dark  hour  came  on, 
Didst,  with  a  breath  of  heavenly  aid, 
Strengthen  thy  Buff'ring  Son,— 

2  O,  by  the  anguish  of  that  night, 
Send  us  down  blest  relief; 

Or,  to  the  chasten'd,  let  tiiy  might 
Hallow  this  whelming  grief. 

3  And  thou,  that,  when  the  starry  sky 
Saw  the  dread  strife  I 

1  g  faith  to  cry, — 
Father,  thy  will  be  done  :— 

4  By  thy  meek  Spirit,  thou,  of  all 
Thar  e'er  have  mourn'd  the  chief, 

Blest  Saviour,  if  the  stroke  must  full, 
Hallow  this  whelming  grief. 

639  loth  P.  M.  8  lines  3s. 

Happiness  of  those  whom  God  correcteth. 

HOW  happy  the  sorrowful  man, 
Whose  sorrow  is  sent  from  above! 
Indulged  with  a  visit  of  pain, — 
Chastised  by  omnipotent  love  ; 
The  Author  of  all  his  distress 

He  comes  by  affliction  to  know, 
And  God  he  in  heaven  shall  bless, 
That  ever  he  suffer'd  below. 

2  Thus,  thus  may  I  happily  grieve, 
And  bear  the  intent  of  his  rod  ; 

The  marks  of  adoption  receive,— 
The  strokes  of  ft  merciful  God  : 

With  nearer  access  to  his  throne, 
My  burden  of  folly  confess ; 

The  cause  of  my  miseries  own, 
And  cry  for  an  answer  of  peace. 


382         FAMILY  DEVOTION. 

3  O  Father  of  mercies,  on  me, 
On  me,  in  affliction,  1  •  •- 

A  power  of  applying  to  thee. — 

A  sanctified  use  of  my  wo  : 
I  would,  in  a  spirit  of  prayer, 

To  all  thy  app  iintments  submit; 
The  pledge  of  my  happiness  bear, 

And  joyfully  die  at  thy  feet. 

4  Then,  Father,  and  never  till  then, 
I  all  the  felicity  prove, 

Of  living  a  moment  in  pain, — 

Of  dying  in  .!• _■-■.; -'  =  1  .ve  : 
A  sufferer  here  with  my  Lord, 

With  Jesus  above  I  sit  down; 
Receive  an  eternal  reward, 

And  glory  obtain  in  a  crown. 

G40  4th  P.  M.  S86,  886. 

Death  of  a  relative  or  friend. 

IF  death  our  friends  and  us  divide, 
Thou  dost  not,  Lord,  our  sorrow  chide, 
Or  frown,  our  tears  to  see  ; 
Restraint!  from  passionate  excess, 
Thou  bidd'st  us  mourn  in  calm  distress 
For  them  that  rest  in  thee. 

9  We  feel  a  strong  immortal  hope, 
Which  bears  our  mournful  spirits  up, 

Beneath  their  mountain  load; 
Redeemed  from  death,  and  grief,  and  pain, 
We  soon  shall  find  our  friend  again 

Within  the  arms  of  God. 

3  Pass  a  few  fleeting  moments  more, 
And  death  the  blessing  shall  restore 

Which  death  has  snateh'd  away; 
For  us  thou  wilt  the  summons  send, 
And  give  us  back  our  parted  friend, 

In  that  eternal  day. 


FAMILY  DEVOTION.         383 

641  L  m- 

Sustaining  grace  prayed  for. 

TAUGHT  by  our  Lord,  we  will  not  pray 
Out  of  the  world  to  be  removed ; 
But  keep  us,  in  our  evil  day, 

Till  patient  faith  is  fully  proved. 
2  From  sin,  the  world,  and  Satan's  snare, 

The  members  of  thy  Son  defend, 
Till  all  thy  character"  we  bear, 
And  grace  matured  in  glory  end. 

(J42  9th  P.  M.  87,  8T. 

Bereavement  and  resignation. 
TESUS,  while  our  hearts  are  bleeding 
O  O'er  the  spoils  that  death  has  won, 
We  would,  at  this  solemn  meeting, 
Calmly  say, — Thy  will  be  done. 

2  Though  cast  down,  we  're  not  forsaken ; 
Though  afflicted,  not  alone  : 

Thou  didst  give,  and  thou  hast  taken ; 
Blessed  Lord, — Thy  will  be  done. 

3  Though  to-day  we  're  fill-'d  with  moumirg, 
Mercy  still  is  on  the  throne  : 

With  thy  smiles  of  love  returning, 
We  can  sing, — Thy  will  be  done. 

4  By  thy  hands  the  boon  was  given; 
Thou  hast  taken  but  thine  own  : 

Lord  of  earth,  and  God  of  heaven, 
Evermore, — Thy  will  be  done. 

643  26th  P.  M.  76  76,  76,  76. 

Exulting  in  the  favour  of  God. 

TO  thee,  our  God  and  Saviour, 
Our  hearts  exulting  spring, 
Rejoicing  in  thy  favour, 
1'hou  everlasting  King  : 


384  THE  CLOSET. 

We  '11  celebrate  thy  glory, 
With  all  the  saints  above ; 

And  tell  the  wondrous  story 
Of  thy  redeeming  love. 

2  Soon  as  the  morn  with  rosea 
Bedecks  the  dewy  east, 

And  when  the  sun  reposes 
Upon  the  ocean's  breast ; 

Our  voice  in  supplication, 
Jehovah,  thou  shalt  hear ; 

O  grant  us  thy  salvation, 
And  be  thou  ever  near. 

3  By  thee  through  life  supported, 
We  pass  the  dang'rous  road, 

By  heavenly  hosts  escorted 
Up  to  their  bright  abode ; 

There  cast  our  crowns  before  thee, 
Our  toils  and  conflicts  o'er, 

And  day  and  night  adore  thee, 
Forever,  evermore. 


THE    CLOSET. 


G44  c.  m. 

Retirement  and  meditation. 

FAR  from  the  world,  O  Lord,  I  flee, 
From  strife  and  tumult  far; 
From  scenes  where  Satan  wages  still 
His  most  successful  war. 

2  The  calm  retreat,  the  silent  shade, 
With  prayer  and  praise  agree  ; 

And  seem  by  thy  sweet  bounty  made 
For  those  who  follow  thee. 

3  There,  if  thy  Spirit  touch  the  soul, 
And  grace  her  mean  abode, 

O  with  what  peace,  and  ioy,  and  love, 
Does  she  commune  wiih  God  ! 


THE  CLOSET.  385 

4  Author  find  Guardian  of  my  life, 
Sweet  Source  of  light  divine, 

And  all  harmonious  names  in  one, 
My  Saviour, — thou  art  mine.'. 

5  The  thanks  I  owe  thee,  and  the  love, 
A  boundless,  endless  store, 

Shall  e<-ho  through  the  realms  above 
When  time  shall  be  no  more. 

645  c.  m. 

Enter  into  thy  closet. 

FATHER  of  Jesus  Christ,  my  Lord, 
I  humbly  seek  thy  face  ; 
Encouraged  by  the  Saviour's  word 
To  asfK  thy  pard'ning  grace. 

2  En  t 'ring  into  my  closet,  I 
The  busy  world  exclude  ; 

In  secret  prayer  for  mercy  cry, 
And  groan  to  be  renew'd. 

3  Far  from  the  paths  of  men,  to  thee 
I  solemnly  retire-, 

See,  thou  who  dost  in  secret  see, 
And  grant  my  heart's  desire. 

4  Fain  would  I  all  thy  goodness  feel, 
And  know  my  sins  forgiven  ; 

And  do  on  earth  thy  perfect  will, 
As  angels  do  in  heaven. 

64G  c.  m. 

Secret  blessings. 

FATHER  divine,  thy  piercing  eye 
Sees  through  the  darkest  night; 
In  -deep  retirement  thou  art  nigh, 

With  heart-discerning  sight. 
2  May  that  observing  eye  survey 

My  faithful  homage  paid, 
With  every  morning's  dawning  ray, 
And  every  evening's  shade. 

13 


386  THE  CLOSET. 

3  O  may  thine  own  celestial  firs 
The  incense  still  inflame, 

"While  fervent  vows  to  thee  aspire-, 
Through  my  Redeemer's  Name. 

4  So  shall  the  visits  of  thy  love 
My  soul  in  secret  bless ; 

Ss  wilt  thoo  delim,  in  worlds  above, 
Thy  suppliant  "to  confess. 

647  c.  m. 

Evening. — Solitude. 

I  LOVE  to  steal  awhile  away 
From  every  eunib'ring  care, 
And  spend  the  hours  of  setting  day 

In  humble,  grateful  prayer. 
3  I  love  in  solitude  to  shed 

The  penitential  tear, 
And  all  his  promises  to  plead 
Where  none  but  God  can  hear. 

3  I  love  to  think  on  mercies  past, 
And  future  good  implore, — 

And  all  my  cares  and  sorrows  cast 
On  Him  whom  I  adore. 

4  I  love  by  faith  to  take  a  view 
Of  brighter  scenes  in  heaven  ; 

The  prospect  doth  my  strength  renew, 
While  nere  by  tempests  driven. 

5  Thus,  when  life's  toilsome  day  is  e'er, 
May  its  departing  ray 

Be  calm  as  this  impressive  hour, 
And  lead  to  endless  day. 

648  I-  » 

Self '-examination. 

OTHOU,  great  God,  whose  piercin?  eye 
Distinctly  marks  each  deep  recess ; 
In  these  sequester'd  hours  draw  nigh, 
And  with  thy  presence  fill  the  place. 


THE  CLOSET.  387 

2  Through  all  the  mazes  of  my  heart, 
My  search  let  heavenly  wiBdom  guide  ; 

And  still  its  radiant  beams  impart, 
Till  all  be  search'd  and  purified. 

3  Then,  -with  the  visits  of  thy  love, 
Do  thou  mine  inmost  spirit  cheer ; 

Till  every  grace  shall  join  to  prove 
That  God  has  fix'd  his  dwelling  here. 

(J49  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

Wrestling  Jacob  :—I  will  not  let  thee  go. 

COME,  O  thou  Traveller  unknown, 
Whom  still  I  hold,  but  cannot  see ; 
My  company  before  is  gone, 

And  I  am'  left  alone  with  thee  : 
With  thee  all  night  I  mean  to  stay, 
And  wrestle  till  the  break  of  day. 

2  I  need  not  tell  thee  who  I  am ; 
My  sin  and  misery  declare ; 

Thyself  hast  call'd  me  by  my  name  ; 

Look  on  thy  hands,  and  read  it  there : 
But  who,  I  ask  thee,  who  art  thou? 
Tell  me  thy  name,  and  tell  me  now. 

3  In  vain  thou  strugglest  to  get  free ; 
I  never  will  unloose  my  hold  : 

Art  thou  the  Man  that  died  for  me  S 

The  secret  of  thy  love  untold  : 
Wrestling,  I  will  not  let  thee  go, 
Till  I  thy  name,  thy  nature  know. 

(J50  1st  P.  M.  6  links  83. 

Contimied. —  Tilienlam  weak,  then  am  I  strong. 

WILT  thou  not  yet  to  me  reveal 
Thy  new,  unutterable  name  ? 
Tell  me,  I  still  beseech  thee,  tell ; 
To  know  it  now  resolved  I  am  : 
Wrestling,  I  will  not  let  thee  go, 
Till  I  thy  name,  thy  nature  know. 


388  THE  CLOSET. 

2  What  though    my  shrinking   flesh   com- 
plain, 

And  rnurmur  to  contend  so  long! 
I  rise  superior  to  my  pain  : 

When  I  am  weak,  then  I  am  strong ! 
And  when  ir.y  all  of  strength  shall  fail, 

1  shall  with  the  God-man  prevail. 

651  1st  P.  M.  C  lines  88. 

Continued. —  Victorious  prayer. 

YIELD  to  me  now,  for  I  am  weak, 
But  confident  in  self -despair ; 
Speak  to  my  heart,  in  blessings  speak ; 

Be  conquer'd  by  my  instant  prayer  : 
Speak,  or  thou  never  hence  shalt  move, 
Aid  tell  me  if  thy  name  be  Love. 

2  'Tis  Love  \  'tis  Love  !  thou  diedst  for  me 
I  hear  thy  whisper  in  my  heart ; 

The  morning  breaks,  the  shadows  flee ; 

Pure,  universal  Love  thou  art : 
To  me,  to  all,  thy  bowels  move, — 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

3  My  prayer  hath   power  with    God ;    the 

grace 

Unspeakable  I  now  receive ; 
Through  faith  I  see  thee  face  to  face ; 

I  see  thee  face  to  face,  and  live ! 
In  vain  I  have  not  wept  and  strove; 
Thy  na'ure  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

4  I  know  thee,  Saviour,  who  thou  art, — 
Jesus,  the  feeble  sinner's  Friend  : 

Nor  wilt  thou  with  the  night  depart, 

But  stay  and  love  me  to  the  end  : 
Thy  mercies  never  shall  remove ; 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 


THE  CLOSET.  389 

052  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

Concluded. — Thy  name  is  Love. 
fPHE  Sun  of  Righteousness  on  me 
1   Hath  risen  with  healing  in  his  wings  : 
Wither'd  my  nature's  strength,  from  thee 

Mv  soul  its  life  and  succour  brings  : 
My  help  is  all  laid  up  above ; 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

2  Contented  now,  upon  my  thigh 

I  halt,  till  life's  short  joumey  end; 
All  helplessness,  all  weakness,  I 

On  thee  alone  for  strength  depend : 
Nor  have  I  power  from  thee  to  move ; 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

3  Lame  as  I  am,  I  take  the  prey ; 

Hell,  earth,  and  sin,  with  ease  o'ercome ; 

1  leap  for  joy,  pursue  my  way, 
And,  as  a  bounding  hart,  fly  home, 

Through  all  eternity  to  prove 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

653  L-  m. 

The  Minister's  prayer :    Christ's  constraining 
love. 

SAVIOUR  of  men,  thy  searching  eye 
Doth  all  mine  inmost  thoughts  descry : 
Doth  aught  on  earth  my  wishes  raise, 
Or  the  world's  pleasures,  or  its  praise  ? 

2  The  love  of  Christ  doth  me  constrain 
To  seek  the  wand'ring  souls  of  men  ; 
"With  cries,  entreaties,  tears,  to  save, — 
To  snatch  them  from  the  gaping  grave. 

3  For  this  let  men  revile  my  name ; 
No  cross  I  shun,  I  fear  no  shame  : 

All  hail,  reproach :  and  welcome,  pain ; 
Only  thy  terrors,  Lord,  restrain. 


390  THE  CLOSET. 

4  Mv  life,  mv  blood,  I  here  present, 
If  for  thy  truth  they  may  be  spent ; 
Fulfil  thy  sov'reign*  counsel,  Lord  ; 
Thy  will  be  done,  thy  Name  adored. 

5  Give  me  thy  strength,  O  God  of  power : 
Then  let  winds  blow,  or  thunders  roar, 
Thy  faithful  witness  will  I  be  : 

'Tis  fix'd ;  1  can  do  all  through  thee. 

654  c.  m. 

The  Minister's  prayer :    The  scandal  of  the 
cross. 

JESUS,  my  strength  and  righteousness, 
My  Saviour  and  my  King, 
Triumphantly  thy  Name  I  bless, — ■ 
Thy  conqu'ring  Name  I  sing. 

2  Thou,  Lord,  hast  magnified  thy  Name; 
Thou  hast  maiutain'd  thy  cause ; 

And  I  enjoy  the  glorious  shame, — 
The  scandal  of  thy  cross. 

3  Thou  gavest  me  to  speak  thy  word, 
In  the  appointed  hour  ; 

I  have  proclaim'd  my  dying  Lord, 
And  felt  thy  Spirit's  power. 

4  Superior  to  my  foes  I  stood, 
Above  their  smile  or  frown ; 

On  all  the  strangers  to  thy  blood 
With  pitying  love  look'd  down. 

5  O  let  me  have  thy  presence  still; 
Set  as  a  flint  mv  face, 

To  show  the  counsel  of  thy  will, 
Which  saves  a  world  by  grace. 

6  O  let  me  never  blush  to  own 
The  glorious  Gospel-word  J 

Which  saves  a  world  through  faith  alone, 
Faith  in  a  dying  Lord. 


the  closet.  391 

655  l.  m. 

The  Minister's  prayer :  Boldness  in  the  Gospel. 

SHALL  I,  for  fear  of  feeble  man, 
The  Spirit's  course  in  me  restrain  ? 
Or,  undismay'd  in  deed  and  word, 
Be  a  true  witness  of  my  Lord? 

2  Awed  by  a  mortal's  frown,  shall  I 
Conceal  tne  word  of  God  Most  High  J 
How  then  before  thee  shall  I  dare 
To  stand,  or  how  thine  anger  bear ! 

3  Shall  I,  to  soothe  the'  unholy  throng, 
Soften  thy  truth,  or  smooth  my  tongue, 
To  gain  earth's  gilded  toys, — or  flee 
The  cross  endured,  my  Lord,  by  thee  ? 

4  What  then  is  he  whose  scorn  I  dread! 
Whose  wrath  or  hate  makes  me  afraid  J 
A  man !  an  heir  of  death  !  a  slave 

To  sin !  a  bubble  on  the  wave ! 

5  Yea,  let  men  rage ;  since  thou  wilt  spread 
Thy  shadowing  wings  around  my  head : 
Since  in  all  pam  thy  tender  love 

Will  still  my  sure  refreshment  prove. 

656  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  8s. 

Birthday. 
pOD  of  my  life,  to  thee 
\X  My  cheerful  soul  I  raise ; 
Thy  goodness  bade  me  be, 
And  still  prolongs  my  days  : 
I  see  my  natal  hour  return, 
And  bless  the  day  that  I  was  born. 
2  A  clod  of  living  earth, 

I  glorify  thy  Name, 
From  whom  alone  my  birth, 
And  all  my  blessings  came  : 
Creating  and  preserving  grace,- 
Let  all  that  is  within  me  praise. 


392  THE  CLOSET. 

3  Long  as  I  live  beneath, 
To  thee  O  let  me  live ; 

To  thee  my  every  breath 
In  thanks  and  praises  give  : 
Whate'er  I  have,  whate'er  I  am, 
Siiiili  magnify  my  Maker's  Name. 

4  My  soul  and  all  its  powers 
Thine,  wholly  thine,  shall  be  ; 

All,  all  my  happy  hours 
I  consecrate  to'thee  : 
Me  to  thine  image  now  restore, 
And  I  shall  praise  thee  evermore. 

5  I  wait  thy  will  to  do, 
As  angels  do  in  heaven  ; 

In  Christ  a  creature  new, 
Most  graciously  forgiven  : 
I  wait  thy  perfect  will  to  prove, 
All  sanctified  by  spotless  love. 

t>  Then,  when  the  work  is  done, 
The  work  of  faith  with  power, 

Receive  thy  favour'd  son, 
In  death's  triumphant  hour: 

Like  Moses,  to  thyself  convey, 
And  kiss  my  raptured  soul  away. 


657  l.  m. 

Smarting  under  the  rod. 

nil  VPTISET)  by  an  indulgent  God, 
v     I  would  the  kiii'l  chastisement  feel; 
•  Death  the  rod, 
Nor  desp'rate,  nor  insensible  : — 

2  From  each  extreme  divinely  kept, 
The  trouble  coming  from  above 

I  would  with  thankful  awe  accept, 
And  bless  with  tears  my  Father's  love. 


THE  CLOSET.  393 

658  c.  m. 

Secret  communion  with  God. 

SWEET  is  the  prayer  whose  holy  stream 
In  earnest  pleading  flows  ; 
Devotion  dwells  upon  the  theme, 
And  warm  and  warmer  glows. 

2  Faith  grasps  the  blessing  she  desires ; 
Hope  points  the  upward  gaze ; 

And  Love,  celestial  Love,  inspires 
The  eloquence  of  praise. 

3  But  sweeter  far  the  still  small  voice, 
Unheard  by  human  ear, 

When  God  has  made  the  heart  rejoice, 
And  dried  the  bitter  tear. 

4  No  accents  flow,  no  words  ascend; 
All  utterance  faileth  there  ; 

But  God  himself  doth,  comprehend, 
And  answer,  silent  prayer. 

659  9th  P.  M.  87,  ST. 

In  deep  affliction. 

FULL  of  trembling  expectation, 
Feeling  much,  and  fearing  more, 
Mighty  God  of  my  salvation, 
I  thy  timely  aid  implore. 

2  Suff  ring  Son  of  man,  be  neai  me, 
In  my  suff'rings  to  sustain  ; 

By  thy  sorer  grfefs  to  cbeer  me, — 
"By  thy  more  than  mortal  pain. 

3  By  thy  most  severe  temptation 
In  that  dark  Satanic  hour ; 

By  thy  last  mysterious  passion, 

Screen  me  from  the  adverse  power. 

4  By  thy  fainting  in  the  garden, 
By  thy  dreadful  death,  I  pray, 

Write  upon  my  heart  the  pardoc; 
Take  my  sins  and  fears  away. 


394  THE  CLOSET. 

660  c-  M- 

In  time  of  peril. 
"II TY  Saviour  from  the  wrath  to  come, 
1V1  From  present  evil  save  ; 
Avert  the  deep  impending  gloom, — 
The  darkness  of  the  grave. 

2  Still  hold  my  soul  in  life,  I  pray; 
A  dying  worm  reprieve ; 

And  let  me  all  my  lengthen'd  day 
Unto  thy  glory  live. 

3  Now,  Lord,  I  have  to  thee  made  known 
My  troubled  soul's  request, 

And  sink  in  calm  dependence  down, 
Within  thine  arms  to  rest: — 

4  Secure,  in  danger's  darkest  hour, 
Thy  faithfulness  to  prove, 

Protected  by  almighty  power, 
And  everlasting  love. 

661  *■•  M. 

In  sickness :  Praying  for  recover)/. 

ANGEL  of  covenanted  grace, 
Come,  and  thy  healing  power  infuse  ; 
Descend  in  thine  own  time,  and  bless, 
And  give  the  means  their  hallow'd  use. 

2  Obedient  to  thy  will  alone, 

To  thee  in  means  I  calmly  fly : 
Mv  lite,  I  know,  is  not  my  own; 
To  God  I  live,  to  God  I  die. 

3  Thy  holy  will  be  Bver  mine  : 

If  thou  on  earth  detain  me  still, 
I  bow,  and  bless  the  grace  divine, — 
I  suffer  all  thy  holy  will. 

4  I  come,  if  thou  my  strength  restore, 

To  serve  thee  with  my  strength  renew'd  ; 
Grant  me  but  this,  I  ask  no  more — 
To  spend  and  to  be  spent  for  God. 


THE  CLOSET.  395 

662  c  m. 

Consolations  in  sickness. 

WHEN  languor  and  disease  invade 
This  trembling  house  of  clay, 
'Tis  sweet  to  look  beyond  my  pains, 
And  long  to  fly  away ; — 

2  Sweet  to  look  inward,  and  attend 
The  whispers  of  his  love  ; 

Sweet  to  look  upward,  to  the  plaee 
Where  Jesus  pleads  above  ; — 

3  Sweet  to  look  back,  and  see  my  name 
In  life's  fair  book  set  down; 

Sweet  to  look  forward,  and  behold 
Eternal  joys  my  own ; — 

4  Sweet  to  reflect  how  grace  divine 
My  sins  on  Jesus  laid ; 

Sweet  to  remember  that  his  blood 
My  debt  of  suff 'ring  paid ; — 

5  Sweet  to  rejoice  in  lively  hope, 
That,  when  my  change  "shall  come, 

Angels  shall  hover  round  my  bed, 
And  waft  my  spirit  home. 

6  If  such  the  sweetness  of  the  stream, 
What  must  the  fountain  be, 

Where  saints  and  angels  draw  their  bliss 
Directly,  Lord,  from  thee. 

663  c  M- 

Recovery  from  sickness. 
"|\TT  God,  thy  service  well  demands 
lil  The  remnant  of  my  days ; 
Why  was  this  fleeting  breath  renew'd, 

But  to  renew  thy  praise  ? 
2  Thine  arms  of  everlasting  love 

Did  this  weak  frame  sustain, 
When  life  was  hov'ring  o'er  the  gTave, 

And  nature  sank  with  pain. 


39G  THE   CLOSET. 

3  I  calmly  bow'd  my  fainting  head 
Upon  thv  faithful  "breast, 

And  waited  for  my  Father's  call 
To  his  eternal  rest. 

4  Into  tby  hands,  my  Saviour  God, 
Did  I  my  soul  resign, 

In  firm  dependence  on  that  truth 
Which  made  salvation  mine. 

5  Back  from  the  borders  of  the  grave, 
At  thy  command,  I  come  ; 

N^r  will  I  ask  a  speedier  flight 
To  my  celestial  home. 

6  Where  thou  nppointest  mine  abode, 
There  would  1  choose  to  be ; 

For  in  thy  presence  death  is  life, 
And  earth  is  heaven  with  thee. 

(J64  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  la. 

Tlte  gates  of  death. 

OTHOU  Gcd  who  hearest  prayer, 
Every  hour  and  everywhere, 
Listen  to  mv  feeble  breath, 
Now  I  touch  the  gates  of  death  : — 
For  His  sake  whose  blood  I  plead, 
Hear  me  in  this  hour  of  need. 

2  Hear  and  save  me,  gracious  Lord, 
For  my  trust  is  in  thy  word  ; 
Wash  me  from  the  stain  of  sin, 
That  thy  peace  may  rule  within; 
May  I  know  myself  thy  child, 
Ransom'd,  pardon'd,  reconciled. 

3  Thou  art  merciful  to  save ; 

Thou  hast  snatch'd  me  from  the  grave" 
I  would  kiss  the  chast'ning  rod, 
O  my  Father  and  mv  God! 
Only  hide  not  now  thy  face, 
God  of  uli-suflicient  grace. 


THE  CLOSET.  397 

4  Leave  me  not,  my  strength,  my  trust ; 
O  remember  I  am  dust : 
Leave  me  not  again  to  stray ; 
Leave  me  not  the  tempter's"  prey : 
Fix  my  heart  on  things  above ; 
Slake  me  happy  in  thy  love. 

665  C.  M. 

A  Sabbath  in  the  sich-chamher. 

THOUSANDS,  O  Lord  of  Hosts,  this  day 
Around  thine  altars  meet ; 
And  tens  of  thousands  throng  to  pay 
Their  homage  at  thy  feet. 

2  They  sing  thy  deeds,  as  I  have  sung, 
In  sweet'and"  solemn  lays  ; 

Were  I  among  them,  my  glad  tongue 
Might  leam  new  themes  of  praise. 

3  For  thou  art  in  their  midst  to  teach, 
When  on  thy  Name  they  call ; 

And  thou  bast  blessings,  Lord,  for  each,— 
Hast  blessings,  Lord,  for  all. 

4  I,  of  such  fellowship  bereft, 
In  spirit  turn  to  thee  : 

O,  hast  thou  not  a  blessing  left, — 
A  blessing,  Lord,  for  me  ? 

5  Behold  thy  pris'ner ; — loose  my  bands, 
If  'tis  thy  gracious  will ; 

If  not, — contented  in  thy  hands, — 
Behold  thy  pris'ner  still. 

6  I  may  not  to  thy  courts  repair, 
Yet  here  thou  surely  art ; 

Lord,  consecrate  a  house  of  prayer 
In  my  surrender'd  heart. 

7  To  faith  reveal  the  things  unseen; 
To  hope,  the  joys  untold; 

Let  love,  without  a  veil  between, 
Thy  glory  now  behold. 


398  THE  CLOSET. 

666  L  *• 

J'leading'for  mercy  in  the  hour  of  affliction. 

CUT  me  not  off,  almighty  Lord, 
But  use  the  rod,  and  not  the  sword : 
Unneeded  pain  thou  canst  not  give, 
Nor  without  cause  thy  children  grieve. 

2  Though  sorrow  break  this  wretched  heart, 
And  pain  the  soul  and  body  part, 

0  suffer  not  my  soul  to  be 

One  moment  separate  from  thee. 

3  And  now,  in  kind  compassion,  show 
What  means  this  providential  blow ; 
That  here  I  may  thy  mercy  see, 
And  all  the  good  design'd  for  me. 

667  S.  m. 

The  Friend  who  conquers  death. 
"ITTHEX  death  before  my  sight 
1  \     Appears  in  dire  array, 
Unequal  to  the  dreadful  light, 
My  courage  faints  away. 

2  How  shall  I  meet  this  foe, 
Whose  frown  my  soul  alarms! 

Dark  horror  sits  upon  his  brow, 
And  vict'ry  waits  his  arms. 

3  But  with  the  eye  of  faith, 
Piercing  beyond  the  grave, 

1  see  that  Friend  who  conquers  death, 
Whose  arm  alone  can  save. 

668  6th  P.  M.  6  line*  1b. 
The  husband  and  father  awaiting  death. 

OTHOU  faithful  God  of  love, 
Gladly  I  thy  promise  plead; 
Waiting  for  my  last  remove, — 

Hastening  to  the  happy  dead : 
Lo !  I  cast  on  thee  my  care  ; 
Breathe  my  latest  breath  in  prayer. 


THE  CLOSET.  399 

2  Trusting  in  thy  word  alone, 
I  to  thee  my  children  leave: 

Call  my  little  ones  thy  own ; 

Give  them  all  thy  blessings,  give  : 
Keep  them  while  on  earth  they  breathe; 
Save  their  souls  from  endless  death. 

3  "Whom  I  to  thy  grace  commend, 
Into  thy  embraces  take ; 

Be  her  sure,  immortal  Friend, 

Save  her,  for  my  Saviour's  sake  ; 
Free  from  sin,  from  sorrow  free, 
Let  my  widow  trust  in  thee. 

4  Father  of  the  fatherless, 
Husband  of  the  widow,  prove  ; 

Me  and  mine  persist  to  bless ; 

Tell  me  we  shall  meet  above  t 
Seal  the  promise  on  my  heart; 
Bid  me  then  in  peaee  depart. 

669  s.  M. 

For  victory  in  the  dying  hour* 

WHEN  on  the  brink  of  death 
My  trembling  soul  shall  stand, 
Waiting  to  pass  that  awful  flood, 
Great  God !  at  thy  command ; — 

2  When  every  scene  of  life 
Stands  ready  to  depart ; 

And  the  last  sigh  that  shakes  the  frame 
Shall  rend  this  bursting  heart ; — 

3  Thou  Source  of  joy  supreme, 
Whose  arm  alone  can  save, — 

Dispel  the  darkness  that  surrounds 
The  entrance  to  the  grave. 

4  Lay  thy  supporting  hand 
Beneath  my  sinking  head; 

And  with  a  ray  of  love  divine 
Illume  my  dying  bed. 


400  THE  CLOSET. 

5  Leaning  on  Jesus'  breast, 

May  1  resign  my  breath ; 
And  in  his  kind  embraces  lose 

The  bitterness  of  death. 

670  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  Ss. 

Helpless,  yet  1 

OTHOU,  whr.se  wise,  paternal  Jove 
Hath  brought  my  active  vigour  down, 
Thy  choice  I  thankfully  approve  ; 

And,  prostrate  at  thy  gracious  throne, 
I  offer  up  my  life's  remains,— 

1  choose  the  state  my  God  ordains. 

2  Cast  as  a  broken  vessel  by, 
Thy  work  I  can  no  longer  do; 

Yet  while  a  daily  death  I  die, 

Thy  power  I  may  in  weakness  show  : 
My  patience  may  thy  glory  raise, — 
My  speechless  wo  proclaim  thy  praise-. 

671  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8ft. 
Aged  and  helpless. 

FT  age  and  feebleness  extreme, 
Who  shall  a  helpless  worm  redeem! 
Jesus,  niv  onlv  hope  thou  art, — 
Strength  of  my  failing  flesh  and  heart: 
O,  could  I  catch  a  smile  from  thee, 
And  drop  into  eternity ! 

672  4tb-  P-  M.  886,  8S3. 
The  aged  pilgrim. 

THY  mercy  heard  my  infant  prayer; 
Thy  love,  with  kind,  paternal  care, 
Sustain M  my  childish  days: 
Thy  goodness  watch'd  mv  ripening  vouth, 
And  form'd  my  heart  to  love  thy  truth, 
And  till'd  my  lips  with  praise. 


THE  CLOSET.  401 

2  And  now,  in  age  and  grief,  thy  Name 


O,  yet  this  bosom  feels  the  fire ; 

This  trembling  hand  and  drooping  lyre 

Have  yet  a  strain  for  thee  ! 
3  Yes ;  broken,_tuneless,  still,  O  Lord, 
This  voice,  transported,  shall  record 

Thv  goodness,  tried  so  long; 
Till,  "sinking  slow,  with  calm  decay, 
Its  feeble  murmurs  melt  away 

Into  a  seraph's  song. 

673  L-  M. 

The  aged  disciple's  prayer. 

FOREWARN'D  by  my  Redeemer's  love, 
I  soon  shall  lay  this  body  down  ; 
But  ere  my  soul  from  earth  remove, 

O  may  I  put  thine  image  on. 
2  Saviour !  thy  meek  and  lowly  mind 

Be  to  thine  aged  servant  given ; 

And  glad  I'll  drop  this  tent,  to  find 

My  everlasting  home  in  heaven. 

I  674  5th  P-  M-  4  llnts  ?»• 

The  dying  believer. 

DEATHLESS  spirit,  now  arise  ; 
Soar,  thou  native  of  the  skies — 
Pearl  of  price  by  Jesus  bought, 
To  his  glorious  likeness  wrought  :— 

2  Go  to  shine  before  the  throne; 
Deck  the  Mediator's  crown  ; 
Go,  his  triumphs  to  adorn ; 
Made  for  God,  to  God  return. 

3  Angels,  joyful  to  attend, 
Hov'ring  round  thy  pillow  bend ; 
Wait  to  catch  the  signal  given, 

And  convey  thee  quick  to  heaven.  4 


402  THE  CLOSET. 

4  Burst  thy  shackles;  drop  thy  clay; 
Sweetly  breathe  thyself  at\ -ay"; 
Singing,  to  thy  crown  r 

Swift  of  wing,'  and  fired  with  love. 

5  Shudder  not  to  ]_ 
Venture  all  thy  car 
Him,  whose  dying  ! 
Still'd  its  tossing,  I 

6  Safe  is  the  eipanW 
Gentle  as  a  summer's  ev.  ; 
Kot  one  objeet  of  his  care     ■ 
Ever  suffer'd  shipwreck  there. 

7  See  the  haven  full  in  view ; 

Love  divine  shall  bear  thee  through : 
Trust  to  that  propitious  gale  ; 
Weigh  thine  anchor,  spread  thy  sail. 

8  Saints  in  glory,  perfect  made, 
Wait  thy  passage  through  the  shade; 
Swiftly  to  their  wish  be  given  ; 
Kindle  higher  joy  in  heaven. 

675  p. 

The  dying  Christian  to  his  son?. 

FTAL  spark  of  heavenly  flame, 
Quit,  O  quit  this  mortal  frame. 
Trembling,  hoping,  ling'ring,  Hying, 

0  the  pain,  the  bliss  of  dying! 
Cease,  fond  nature,  cease  thy  strife, 
And  let  me  languish  into  life, 

1  Hark  !  they  whisper  :  angels  say, — 
Sist<-r  spirit,  come  away  ! 

— What  is  this  absorbs  me  quit", — 
Steals  my  senses,  shuts  my  sight, — 
Drowns  my  spirit,  draws  my  breath  ! 
Tell  me   my  soul,  car.  this  be  death! 


THE  SCRIPTURES.  403 

3  The  world  recedes  :  it  disappears ; 
Heaven  opens  on  my  eyes  ;  my  ears 

With  sounds  seraphic  ring. 
Lend,  lend  your  wings  !  I  mount !  I  fly  I 
O  grave,  where  is  thy  victory  1 

0  death,  where  is  thy  sting  1 

" — " 

THE    SCRIPTURES. 

676  c-  M- 

Riches  of  God's  word. 

THE  counsels  of  redeeming  grace 
The  sacred  leaves  unfold; 
And  here  the  Saviour's  lovely  face 
Our  raptured  eyes  behold. 

2  Here  light  descending  from  above 
Directs  our  doubtful  feet; 

Here  promises  of  heavenly  lova 
Our  ardent  wishes  meet. 

3  Our  num'rous  griefs  are  here  redress'd, 
And  all  our  wants  supplied  : 

Naught  we  can  ask  to  make  us  blest 
Is  in  this  book  denied. 

4  For  these  inestimable  gains, 
That  so  enrich  the  mind. 


677  c.  i 

Excellency  and  sufficiency. 

FATHER  of  mercies,  in  thy  word 
What  endless  glory  shines ; 
Forever  be  thy  Name  adored 

For  these  celestial  lines. 
2  Here  may  the  wretched  sons  of  want 

Exhaustless  riches  find ; 
Riches  above  what  earth  can  grant, 
And  lasting  as  the  mind. 


404  TIDE  SCRIPTURES. 

3  Here  the  fair  tree  of  knowledge  grows, 
And  yields  a  free  repast ; 

Sublimer  sweets  than  nature  knows 
Invite  the  longing  taste. 

4  Here  the  Redeemer's  welcome  voice 
Spreads  heavenly  pe 

And  life,  and  everl'asl ' 
Attend  the  blissful  i 

5  O  may  these  heavenly  pages  be 
Our  ever  dear  delight; 

And  still  new  beauties  may  we  see, 
And  still  increasing  light. 

6  Divine  Instructer,  gracious  Lord, 
Be  thou  forever  near; 

Teach  us  to  love  thy  sacred  word, 
And  view  the  Saviour  there. 

678  c.  M. 

Light  and  glory  of  the  sacred  page. 
HAT  glory  gilds  the  sacred  page ! 


w 


Majestic,  like  the 
It  gives  a  light  to  every  age ; 
ft  gives,  but  borrows  none. 

2  The  power  that  gave  it  still  supplies 
The  gracious  light  and  heat; 

Its  truths  upon  the  nations  rise  : 
They  rise,  but  never  set. 

3  Lord!  everlasting  thanks  be  thine 
For  such  a  bright  display, 

As  makes  a  world  of  darkness  shine 
With  beams  of  heavenly  day. 

4  Our  souls  rejoicingly  pursue 

The  steps  of  Him  we  love, 

Till  glory  break  upon  our  view 

In  brighter  worlds  above. 


THE  SCRIPTURES.  405 

679  P-  m. 

The  Spirit's  enlightening  influences. 

COME,  Holy  Ghost,  our  hearts  inspire ; 
Let  us  thine  influence  prove ; — 
Source  of  the  old  prophetic  fire  ; 

Fountain  of  life  and  love. 
2  Come,  Holy'  Ghost,  for  moved  by  thee 

The  prophets  wrote  and  spoke  : 
Unlock  the  truth,  thyself  the  key; 
i  sacred  book. 


3  Expand  thy  wings,  Celestial  Dove ; 
Brood  o'er  our  nature's  night; 

On  our  disorder'd  spirits  move, 
And  let  there  now  be  light. 

4  God,  through  himself,  we  then  shall  know, 
If  thou  within  ns  shine  ; 

And  sound,  with  all  thy  saints  below, 
The  depths  of  love  divine. 

680  c.  m. 

The  revealing  Spirit. 

FATHER  of  all,  in  whom  alone 
We  live,  and  move,  and  breathe ; 
One  bright  celestial  ray  dart  down, 
And  cheer  thy  sons  beneath. 

2  While  in  thy  word  we  search  for  thee, 
(We  search  "with  trembling  awe  ;) 

Open  our  eyes,  and  let  us  see 
The  wonders  of  thy  law. 

3  Now  let  our  darkness  comprehend 
The  light  that  shines  so  clear ; 

Now  the  revealing  Spirit  send, 
And  give  us  ears  to  hear. 

4  Before  us  make  thy  goodness  pass, 
Which  here  by  faith  we  know ; 

Let  us  in  Jesus  see  thy  face, 
And  die  to  all  below. 


406       the  scriptures: 

681  c.  m. 

Perfection  of  tie  law  and  testimony. 

THY  law  is  perfect,  Lord  of  light; 
Thy  testimonies  sure ; 
The  statutes  of  thy  realm  are  right, 
And  thy  commandment  pure. 

2  Let  these,  O  God,  my  soul  convert, 
And  make  thy  servant  wise  ; 

Let  these  be  gladness  to  my  ears,— 
The  dayspring  to  mine  eyes. 

3  By  these  may  I  be  warn'd  betimes; 
Who  knows  the  ffuile  within  1 

Lord,  save  me  from  presumptuous  crimes; 
Cleanse  me  from  secret  sin. 

4  So  may  the  words  my  lips  express, — 
The  thoughts  that  throng  my  mind, — 

O  Lord,  my  strength  and  righteousness, 
With  thee  acceptance  find. 

682  s.  m. 

Safety  in  keeping  God's  precepts. 

HOW  perfect  is  thy  word, 
Thy  judgments  all  are  just ; 
And  ever  in  thy  promise,  Lord, 
May  man  securely  trust. 

2  I  hear  thy  word  in  love ; — 
In  faith  thy  word  obey ; 

O  send  thy  Spirit  from  above, 
To  teach  me,  Lord,  thy  way. 

3  Thy  counsels  all  are  plain, 
Thy  precepts  all  are  pure ; 

And  long  as  heaven  and  earth  remain, 
Tiy  truth  shall  still  endure. 

4  O  may  mv  soul,  with  joy, 
Trust' in  thy  faithful  word; 

Be  it  through  life  my  glad  employ, 
To  keep  thy  precepts,  Lord. 


THE  SCRIPTURES.  407 

683  C.  M. 

Preciousness  of  the  Bible. 

HOW  precious  is  the  took  divine, 
By  inspiration  given ; 
Bright  as  a  lamp  its  doctrines  shine, 
To  guide  our  souls  to  heaven. 

2  It  sweetly  cheers  our  drooping  hearts, 
In  this  dark  vale  of  tears  ; 

And  life,  and  light,  and  joy  imparts, 
And  banishes  our  fears. 

3  This  lamp,  through  all  the  tedious  night 
Of  life,  shall  guide  our  way ; 

Till  we  behold  the  clearer  light 
Of  an  eternal  day. 

684  c- M- 

Light  upon  the  narroio  path. 

BRIGHT  was  the  guiding  star  that  led, 
With  mild,  benignant  ray, 
The  Gentiles  to  the  lowly  shed 

Where  the  Redeemer  lay. 
2  But  lo !  the  Scriptures'  clearer  light 

Now  points  to  his  abode ; 
It  shines  through  sin  and  sorrow's  night, 

To  guide  us  to  our  God. 
S  O  let  us  tread  the  narrow  path, 

While  light  and  grace  are  given ; 
And  thus  escape  the  coming  wrath, 

And  reign  with  him  in  heaven. 
6g5  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

The  divine  Interpreter. 

SPIRIT  of  Truth,  essential  God, 
Who  didst  thine  ancient  saints  inspire, 
Shed  in  their  hearts  thy  love  abroad, 

And  touch  their  hallow'd  lips  with  fire : 
Our  God  from  all  eternity, 
World  without  end  we  worship  thee. 


408  THE  SCrUPTTOES. 

2  Still  we  believe,  almighty  Lord, 

Whose  presence  fills  both  earth  and  heaven, 
The  meaning  of  the  written  word 

Is  by  thy  inspiration  given; 
Thou  "only* dost  thyself  explain 
The  secret  mind  of  God  to  man. 

3  Come,  then,  divine  Interpreter, — 
The  Scriptures  to  our  hearts  apply; 

And,  taught  by  thee,  we  God  revere  ; 

Him  in  three  persons  magnify  : 
And  still  the  triune  God  adore, 
Who  was,  and  is,  forever  more. 

686  s-  M- 

The  word  of  God,  quick  and  poutrj'ul. 

THY  word,  almighty  Lord, 
Where'er  it  enters  in, 
Is  sharper  than  a  two-edged  sword, 
To  slay  the  man  of  sin. 

9.  Thy  word  is  power  and  life ; 

It  bids  confusion  cease, 
And  changes  envy,  hatred,  strife, 

To  love,  and  joy,  and  peace. 

3  Then  let  onr  hearts  obey 

The  gospel's  glorious  sound  ; 
And  all  its  fruits,  from  day  to  day, 

Be  in  us  and  abound. 

687  1st  P-  M.  6  lines  8s. 
Delight  in  the  word. 

YVrHEN'  quiet  in  my  house  I  sit, 
\  I     Thy  book  be  my  companion  still ; 
My  joy  'thy  sayings  to  repeat—  _ 

Talk  o'er  the  records  ot  thy  will, 
And  search  the  oracles  divine, 
Till  every  heartfelt  word  be  mine. 


THE  SCRIPTURES.  409 

2  O  may  the  gracious  words  divine, 
Subject  of  all  my  converse  be ; 

So  will  the  Lord  his  foll'wer  join, 

And  walk  and  talk  himself  with  me  : 
So  shall  my  heart  his  presence  prove, 
And  bum  with  everlasting  love. 

3  Oft  as  I  lay  me  down  to  rest, 
O  may  the  reconciling  word 

Sweetly  compose  my  weary  breast ; 
While  on  the  bosom  of  my  Lord 

1  sink  in  blissful  dreams  away, 
And  visions  of  eternal  day. 

4  Rising  to  sing  my  Saviour's  praise, 
Thee  may  I  publish  all  day  long; 

And  let  thy  precious  word  of  grace 

Flow  from  my  heart,  and  fill  my  tongue ; 
Fill  all  my  life  with  purest  love, 
And  join  me  to  the  church  above. 

688  l.  m. 

The  Saviour  seen  in  the  Scriptures. 
"VTOW  let  my  soul,  eternal  King, 
-LN   To  thee  its  grateful  tribute  bring; 
My  knee,  with  humble  homage,  bow ; 
My  tongue  perform  its  solemn  vow. 

2  All  nature  sings  thy  boundless  love, 
In  worlds  below,  and  worlds  above ; 
But  in  thy  blessed  word  I  trace 
Diviner  wonders  of  thy  grace. 

3  There,  what  delightful  truths  I  read! 
There,  I  behold  the  Saviour  bleed : 
His  name  salutes  my  list'ning  ear, 
Revives  my  heart,  and  checks  my  fear. 

4  There  Jesus  bids  my  sorrows  cease, 
And  gives  my  lab 'ring  conscience  peace;  r 
Raises  my  grateful  thoughts  on  high, 
And  points  to  mansions  in  the  sky. 


410  THE  SCRIPTURES. 

5  For  love  like  this,  O  let  my  song, 
Through  endless  years,  thy  praise  prolong; 
Let  distant  climes  thy  Nnine  adore, 
Till  time  and  nature  are  no  more. 

G89  s.  m. 

Their  universal  diffusion. 

JESUS,  the  word  bestow,— 
The  true  immortal  seed ; 
Thy  gospel  then  shall  greatly  grow, 

And  all  our  land  o'erspread ; 
Through  earth  extended  wide 

Shall  mightily  prevail, — 
Destroy  the  works  of  self  and  pride, 

And  shake  the  gates  of  hell. 
2  Its  energy  exert 

In  the  believing  soul ; 
Diffuse  thy  grace  through  every  part, 

And  sanctify  the  whole  ; 
Its  utmost  virtue  show 

In  pure  consummate  love, 
And  fill  with  all  thy  life  below, 

And  give  us  thrones  above. 

090  c  m. 

Revelation  welcomed  and  disseminated. 

HAIL,  sacred  truth '.  whose  piercing  rays 
Dispel  the  shades  of  night ; 
Diffusing  o'er  a  ruin'd  world 
The  healing  beams  of  light. 

2  Thy  word,  O  Lord,  with  friendly  aid, 
Restores  our  wand'ring  feet ; 

Converts  the  sorrows  of  the  mind 
To  joys  divinely  sweet. 

3  O  send  thy  light  and  truth  abroad, 
In  nil  their  radiant  blaze; 

And  bid  the'  admiring  world  adore 
The  glories  of  thy  grace. 


CHRISTIAN,  FELLOWSHIP. 

COMMUNION    OF    SAINTS. 
691  c.  m. 

The  universal  bond  of  love. 

THE  glorious  universe  around, 
The  heavens  with  all  their  train, 
Sun,  moon,  and  stars,  are  firmly  bound 
In  one  mysterious  chain. 


Where  all  that  walk,  or  swim,  or  fly, 
Compose  one  family. 

3  God  in  creation  thus  displays 
His  wisdom  aad  his  might, 

"While  all  his  works  with  all  his  ways 
Harmoniously  unite. 

4  In  one  fraternal  bond  c*  love, 
One  fellowship  of  mind, 

The  saints  below  and  saints  *i>ove 
Their  bliss  and  glory  find. 

5  Here,  in  their  house  of  pilgrii»»ge. 
Thy  statutes  are  their  song ; 

There,  through  one  bright,  eternal  aije. 
Thy  praises  they  prolong. 

6  Lord,  may  our  union  form  a  part 
Of  that  thrice  happy  whole ; 

Derive  its  pulse  from  thee,  the  heart, 
Its  life  from  thee,  the  soul. 

692  s.  m, 

One  in  Christ  Jesus. 

LET  party  names  no  more 
The  Christian  world  o'erspread  ; 
Gentile  and  Jew,  and  bond  and  free. 
Are  one  in  Christ  their  Head . 


412   CHRISTIAN  FELLOWSHIP. 

2  Among  the  saints  on  earth 
Let  mutual  love  be  found ; 

Heirs  of  the  same  inheritance, 
With  mutual  blessings  crown'd. 

3  Thus  will  the  church  below 
Resemble  that  above ; 

Wl'.ere  streams  of  bliss  forever  flow, 
And  every  heart  is  love. 

G93  c.  m. 

Love  the  test  of  discipleship. 

OUR  God  is  love ;  and  all  his  saints 
His  image  bear  below  : 
The  heart  with  love  to  God  inspired, 
With  love  to  man  will  glow. 

2  None  who  are  truly  bom  of  God 
Can  live  in  enmity  : 

Then  may  we  love  each  other,  Lord, 
As  we  are  loved  by  thee. 

3  Heirs  of  the  same  immortal  bliss, 
Our  hopes  and  fears  the  same, 

Wilh  bonds  of  love  our  hearts  unite, 
With  mutual  love  inflame. 

4  So  may  the  unbelieving  world 
See  how  true  Christians  love ; 

And  glorify  our  Saviour's  grace, 
And  seek  that  grace  to  prove. 

C94  s.  m. 

Sweet  communion. 

I)  LEST  are  the  sons  of  peace, 
)  Whose  hearts  and  hopes  are  one; 
Whose  kind  designs  to  serve  and  please 

Through  all  their  actions  run. 
2  Blest  is  the  pious  house 

Where  zeal  and  friendship  meet; 
Their  songs  of  praise,  their  mingled  vows, 
Wake  their  communion  sweet. 


COMMUNION  OF  SAINTS.     413 

3  Tims  on  the  Heavenly  hills 

The  saints  are  blest  above, 
Where  joy  like  morning  dew  distils, 

And  all  the  air  is  love. 

695  c.  m. 

The  hand  of  perfectness. 

THB  saoj^tl  bond  of  perfectness 
Is  spotless  charity ; 
O  let  us,  Lord,  we  pray,  possess 
The  mind  that  was  in  thee. 

2  Grant  this,  and  then  from  all  below 
Insensibly  remove  : 

Our  souk  the  change  shall  scarcely  know, 
Made  perfect  first  in  love. 

3  With  ease  our  souls  through  death  shall  glide 
Into  their  paradise ; 

And  thence  on  wings  of  angels  ride 
Triumphant  through  the  skies. 

4  Yet  when  the  fullest  joy  is  given, 
The  same  delight  we  prove; 

In  earth,  in  paradise,  in  heaven, 
Our  all  in  all  is  love. 

(J9Q  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  7s. 

Sweet  counsel. 


Make  we  mention  of  his  love ; 

Publish  we  his  praise  below : 
Call'd  together  by  his  grace, 

We  are  met  in  Jesus'  name : 
See  with  joy  each  other's  face, 

Foll'wers  of  the  bleeding  Lamb. 
2  Let  us  then  sweet  counsel  take, 

How  to  make  our  calling  sure ; 
Our  election  how  to  make, 

Past  the  reach  of  hell,  secure  : 


414  CHRISTIAN  FELLOWSHIP. 

Build  we  each  the  other  up; 

Pray  we  for  our  faith's  increase ; 
Solid  comfort,  settled  hope, 

Constant  joy,  and  lasting  peace. 
3  More  and  more  let  love  abound : 

Let  ns  never,  never  rest, 
Till  we  are  in  Jesus  found, 

Of  our  paradise  possess'd  • — 
He  removes  the  flaming  sword, 

Calls  us  back,  from  Eden  driven ; 
To  his  image  here  restored, 

Soon  he  takes  us  .up  to  heaven. 

697  c.  m. 

All-uniting  faith. 

IET  all  in  whom  the  Spirit  glows, 
J  In  whom  God's  word  hath  place, 
The  all-uniting  faith  disclose, — 

The  all-endearing  grace. 
2  Then  shall  the  world,  admiring,  view 

The  gather'd  flock  at  rest; 

And  own  the  Son  divinely  true, 

The  saints  divinely  blest. 

698  l-  m. 

One  fold  and  one  shepherd. 

(^IVER  of  peace  and  unity, 
I  Send  down  thy  mild,  pacific  Dove ; 
We  all  shall  then  in  one  agree, 
And  breathe  the  spirit  of  thy  love. 

2  We  all  shall  think  and  speak  the  same 
Delightful  lessen  of  thy  grace: 

One  undivided  Christ  proclaim, 
And  jointly  glory  in  thy  praise. 

3  O  let  us  take  a  softer  mould, 
Blended  and  gather'd  into  thee ; 

Under  one  Shepherd  make  one  fold, 
Where  all  is  lovo  and  harmony. 


pCQEvnnraoN  of  saints.   415 

4  Regard  thine  own  eternal  prayer, 
And  send^a  peaceful  answer  down: 

To  us  thy  ,e  ather's  Name  declare ; 
Unite  and  perfect  us  in  one. 

5  So  shall  the  world  believe  and  know 
That  God  hath  sent  thee  from  above-, 

"When  thou  art  seen  in  us  below, 
And  every  soul  displays  thy  love. 

699  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  8a. 

Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens. 

THOU  God  of  truth  and  love, 
We  seek  thy  perfect  way, 
Ready  thy  choice  to'  approve, 
Thy  providence  to'  obey ; 
Enter  into  thy  wise  design. 
And  sweetly  lose  our  will  in  this*. 

2  Why  hast  thou  cast  our  lot 
In  the  same  age  and  place  ? 

And  why  together  brought 
To  see  each  other's  face  ; — 
To  join  with  softest  sympathy, 
And  mix  our  friendly  souk  in  thee? 

3  Didst  thou  not  make  us  one, 
That  we  might  one  remain; — 

Together  travel  on, 

And  bear  each  other's  pain ; — 
Till  all  thy  utmost  goodness  prove, 
And  rise  renew 'd  in  perfect  love  1 

4  Surely  thou  didst  unite 
Our  kindred  spirits  here, 

That  all  hereafter  might 
Eefore  thy  throne  appear ; — 
Meet  at  the  marriage  of  the  Lamb, 
And  all  thy  gracious  love  proclaim. 


41G   CHRISTIAN   FELLOWSHIP 

5  Then  let  us  ever  bear 
The  blessed  end  in  view, 

And  join  with  mutual  care; 

i  i  rough ; 
And  kindly  help  each  i  ther  on," 
Till  all  receive  the  starry  crown. 

6  O  may  thy  Spirit  seal 

Our  s  uls  unt-'  that  day! 
"With  all  thy  fulness  fill, 

And  then  transport  away, — 
Away  to  our  eternal  rest, 
Away  to  our  Redeemer's  breast. 

700  c.  m. 

And  to  fulfil  the  law  of  Christ. 

TRY  us,  O  God,  and  search  the  ground 
Of  every  sinful  heart : 
Whatever  of  sin  in  us  is  found, 
O  bid  it  all  depart. 

2  If  to  the  right  or  left  we  stray, 
Leave  us  not  comfortless  ; 

But  guide  our  feet  into  the  way 
Of  everlasting  peace. 

3  Help  us  to  help  each  other,  Lord, 
Each  other's  cross  to  bear  : 

Let  each  his  friendly  aid  afford, 
And  feel  his  brother's  care. 

4  Help  us  to  build  each  other  up ; 
Our  little  stock  improvi  : 

Increase  our  faith,  confirm  our  hope, 
And  perfect  us  in  love. 

5  I'p  into  thee,  our  living  Head, 
Let  us  in  all  thinsrs  grow, 

Till  thou  hast  made  us  free  indeed, 
And  spotless  here  below. 


COMMUNION  OF  SAINTS.    417 

6  Then,  when  the>  mighty  work  is  wrought, 

Receive  thy  ready  bride  : 
Give  us  hi  heaven  a  happy  lot 

With  all  the  sanctified." 

701  c.  m. 

Safety  in  union. 
TESUS,  great  Shepherd  of  the  sheep, 
J   To  thee  for  help  we  fly  : 
Thy  little  flock  in  safety  keep, 
For  O !  the  wolf  is  nigh. 

2  He  comes,  of  hellish  malice  full, 
To  scatter,  tear,  and  slay ; 

He  seizes  every  straggling  soul 
As  his  own  lawful  prey. 

3  Us  into  thy  protection  take, 
And  gather  with  thine  arm ; 

Unless  the  fold  we  first  forsake, 
The  wolf  can  never  harm. 

4  We  laugh  to  scom  his  cruel  power, 
While  by  our  Shepherd's  side  ; 

The  sheep* he  never  can  devour, 
Unless  he  first  divide. 

5  O  do  not  suffer  him  to  part 
The  souls  that  here  agree ; 

But  make  us  of  one  mind  and  heart, 
And  keep  us  one  in  thee. 

6  Together  let  as  sweetly  live, — 
Together  let  us  die  ; 

And  each  a  starry  crown  receive, 
And  reign  above  the  sky. 

702  h  m. 

Striving  together  for  the  faith  of  the  Gospel. 
TTNCHANGEABLE,  almighty  Lord, 
U   Our  souls  upon  thy  truth  we  stay ; 
Accomplish  now  thy  faithful  word, 
And  give,  0  give  us  all  one  way. 

14 


418   CHRISTIAN  FELLOWSHIP. 

2  O  let  us  all  join  hand  in  hand, 
Who  seek  redemption  in  thy  Wood; 

Fast  in  one  mind  and  spirit  stand, 
And  build  the  temple  of  our  God. 

3  Thou  only  canst  our  wills  control, — 
Out  wild,  unruly  passions  bind; 

Tame  the  old  Adam  in  our  s  >ul, 
And  make  us  of  one  heart  and  mind. 

4  Speak  but  the  reconciling  word, 

The  winds  shall  cease,  the  waves  subside; 
We  all  shall  praise  our  common  Lord,— 
Our  Jesus,  and  him  crucified. 

703  C.  M. 

See  how  these  Christians  level 

GIVER  of  concord,  Prince  of  peace, 
Meek,  lamb-like  Son  of  God! 
Bid  our  unruly  passions  cease, 
By  thy  atoning  blood. 

2  Rebuke  our  rage ;  our  passions  chide ; 
Our  stubborn  wills  control ; 

Beat  down  our  wrath,  root  out  our  pride, 
And  calm  each  troubled  soul. 

3  Subdue  in  us  the  carnal  mind ; 
Its  enmity  destroy ; 

With  cords  of  love  "our  spirits  bind, 
Aid  melt  us  into  joy. 

4  Us  into  closest  union  draw, 
And  in  our  inward  parts 

Let  kindness  sweetly  write  her. law, 
And  love  command  our  hearts. 

6  Saviour,  look  down  with  pitying  eyes 

Our  jarring  wills  control ; 
Let  cordial,  kind  affections  rise, 

Aud  harmonize  the  soul. 


COMMUNION   OF   SAINTS.    419 

6  O  let  us  finfl  the  ancient  way 

Our  wond'nng  foes  to  move, 
And  force  the  heathen  world  to  say,— 

See  how  these  Christians  love ! 

704  c-  M- 

The  loadstone  of  His  love. 
TESTIS,  united  by  thy  grace, 
O   And  each  to  each  endear'd, 
With  confidence  we  seek  thy  face, 
And  know  our  prayer  is  heard. 

2  Still  let  us  own  our  common  Lord, 
And  bear  thine  easy  yoke, — 

A  band  of  love,  a  threefold  cord, 
Which  never  can  be  broke. 

3  Make  us  into  one  spirit  drink ; 
Baptize  into  thy  name  ; 

And  let  us  always  kindly  think, 
And  sweetly  speak,  the  same. 

4  Touch'd  by  the  loadstone  of  thy  love, 
Let  all  our  hearts  agree ; 

And  ever  toward  each  other  move, 
And  ever  move  toward  thee. 

5  To  thee,  inseparably  join'd, 
Let  all  our  spirits  cleave  ; 

0  may  we  all  the  loving  mind 
That  was  in  thee  receive. 

705  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 
Of  one  heart  and  of  one  mind. 

TESTIS,  Lord,  we  look  to  thee ; 
O   Let  us  in  thy  name  agree  ; 
Show  thyself  the  Prince  of  Peace ; 
Bid  our  jars  forever  cease. 
2  By  thy  reconciling  love, 
Every  stumbling-block  remove ; 
Each  to  each  unite,  endear ; 
Come,  and  spread  thy  banner  here. 


420  CHRISTIAN  FELLOWSHIP. 

3  Make  us  of  one  heart  and  mind,— 
Courteous,  pitiful,  and  kind  ; 
Lowly,  meek,  in  thought  and  word,— 
Altogether  like  our  Lord. 

4  Let  us  for  each  other  care ; 
Each  the  other's  burden  bear  : 
To  thy  Church  the  pattern  give ; 
Show  how  true  believers  live. 

5  Free  from  anger  and  from  pride, 
Let  us  thus  in  God  abide ; 

All  the  depths  of  love  express, — 
All  the  heights  of  holiness. 

6  Let  us  then  with  joy  remove 
To  the  family  above  ; 

On  the  wings  of  angels  fly; 
Show  how  true  believers  die. 

706  7th  P.  M.  8  KM*  7s. 

Many,  but  one. 

CHRIST,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow, 
Perfecting  the  saints  below, 
Hear  us,  who  thy  nature  share, — ■ 
Who  thy  mystic'body  are. 
Join  us, "in  one  spirit  join  ; 
Let  us  still  receive  of  thine  : 
Still  for  more  on  thee  we  call, 
Thoa  who  fillest  all  in  all. 

2  Move,  and  actuate,  and  guide : 
Divers  gifts  to  each  divide  : 
Placed  according  to  thy  will, 
Let  us  all  our  work  fulfil : 
Never  from  our  office  move  : 
Needful  to  each  other  prove  : 
Let  us  daily  growth  receive,— 
More  and  more  in  Jesus  live. 


COMMUNION  OF  SAINTS.    421 

3  Sweetly  may  we  all  agree, 
Touch'd  with  softest  sympathy ; 
Kindly  for  each  other  care ; 
Every  member  feel  its  share. 
Many  are  we  now  and  one, 
We  who  Jesus  have  put  on  : 
Names,  and  sects,  and  parties  fall : 
Thou,  O  Christ,  art  aU  in  all. 


707  S.  BL 

Meeting,  after  absence. 

AND  are  we  yet  alive, 
And  see  each  other's  face? 
Glory  and  praise  to  Jesus  give, 

For  his  redeeming  grace. 
Preserved  by  power  divine 

To  full  salvation  here, 
Again  in  Jesus'  praise  we  join, 
And  in  his  sight  appear. 

2  "What  troubles  have  we  seen! 
What  conflicts  have  we  past! 

Fightings  without,  and  fears  within. 
Since  we  assembled  last! 

But  out  of  all  the  Lord  _ 
Hath  brought  us  by  his  love  ; 

And  still  he  doth  his  help  afford, 
And  hides  our  life  above. 

3  Then  let  us  mate  our  boast 
Of  his  redeeming  power, 

Which  saves  us  to  the  uttermost, 
Till  we  can  sin  no  more  : 

Let  us  take  up  the  cross, 
Till  we  the  crown  obtain ; 

And  gladly  reckon  all  things  loss 
So  we  may  Jesus  gain. 


422  CHRISTIAN   FELLOWSHIP. 

708  c.  m. 

We  shall  see  Him  as  he  is. 

THE  heavenly  treasure  now  we  have 
In  a  vile  house  of  clay; 
But  Christ  will  to  the  utmost  save, 

And  keep  us  to  that  day. 
S  Our  souls  are  in  his  mighty  hand, 

And  he  shall  keep  them  still ; 
And  you  and  I  shall  surely  stand 
With  him  on  Zion's  hill. 

3  Him  eye  to  eye  we  there  shall  see ; 
Our  face  like  "his  shall  shine  : 

O  what  a  glorious  company, 
When  saints  and  angels  join! 

4  O  what  a  joyful  meeting  there! 
In  robes  of  white  array'd, 

Palms  in  our  hands  we  all  shall  bear, 
And  crowns  upon  our  head. 

5  Then  let  us  lawfully  contend. 
And  fight  our  passage  through; 

Bear  in  our  faithful  minds  the  end, 
And  keep  the  prize  in  view. 

709  L-  M. 

Welcome  to  Church  fellowship. 

BRETHREN  in  Christ,  and  well  beloved, 
To  Jesus  and  his  servants  dear, 
Enter,  and  show  yourselves  approved ; 
Enter,  and  find  that  God  is  here. 

2  Welcome  from  earth :  lo,  the  right  hand 
Of  fellowship  to  you  we  give ; 

With  open  hearts  and  hands  we  stand, 
And  you  in  Jesus'  name  receive. 

3  Jesus,  attend;  thyself  reveal; 

Are  we  not  met  in  thy  great  name! 
Thee  in  the  midst  we  wait  to  feel ; 
We  wait  to  catch  the  spreading  flaine. 


LOVE-FEAST.  423 

4  Truly  our  fellowship  below 

"With  thee  and  with  the  Father  is  : 
In  thee  eternal  life  we  know, 
And  heaven's  unutterable  bliss. 

5  Though  but  in  part  we  know  thee  here, 
We  wait  thy  coming  from  above ; 

And  we  shall  then  behold  thee  near, 
And  be  forever  lost  in  love. 


LOVE-FEAST. 

710  L-  M- 

The  heavenly  Guest  invited. 

SAVIOUR,  of  all,  to  thee  we  bow, 
And  own  thee  faithful  to  thy  wed; 
We  hear  thy  voice,  and  open  now 
Our  hearts  to  entertain  our  Lord. 

2  Come  in,  come  in,  thou  heavenly  Guest 
Delight  in  what  thyself  hast  given ; 

On  thy  own  gifts  and  graces  feast, 
And  make  the  contrite  heart  thy  heaven. 

3  Smell  the  sweet  odour  of  our  prayers ; 
Our  sacrifice  of  praise  approve ; 

And  treasure  up  our  gracious  tears, 
Who  rest  in  thy  redeeming  love. 

4  Beneath  thy  shadow  let  us  sit ; 

Call  us  thy  friends,  and  love,  and  bride  ; 
And  bid  us  freely  drink  and  eat 
Thy  dainties,  and  be  satisfied. 

711  CM. 

Perfect  harmony  and  joy  unspeakable. 

ALL  praise  to  our  redeeming  Lord, 
Who  joins  us  by  his  grace, 
And  bids  us,  each  to  each  restored, 
Together  seek  his  face. 


424  CHRISTIAN  FELLOWSHIP. 

2  He  bids  us  build  each  other  up; 
And,  gather'd  into  one, 

To  our  high  callings  glorious  hope, 
We  hand  in  hand  go  on. 

3  The  gift  which  he  on  one  bestows, 
We  all  delight  to  prove ; 

The  grace  through  every  vessel  flows, 
In  purest  streams  of  love. 

4  E'en  now  we  think  and  speak  the  same, 
And  cordially  agree, — 

United  all,  through  Jesus'  name, 
In  perfect  harmony. 

5  We  all  partake  the  joy  of  one ; 
The  common  peace  we  feel; 

A  peace  to  sensual  minds  unknown, — 
A  joy  unspeakable. 

6  And  if  our  fellowship  below 
In  Jesus  be  so  sweet, 

What  height  of  rapture  shall  we  know 
When  round  his  throne  we  meet! 

712  s.  IL 

Sympathy  and  mutual  love. 

BLEST  be  the  tie  that  binds 
Our  hearts  in  Christian  love ; 
The  fellowship  of  kindred  minda 
Is  like  to  that  above. 

0  Before  onr  Father's  throne, 

We  pour  our  ardeut  prayers  ; 
Our  fears,  our  hopes,  our  aims  are  one,— 

Our  comforts  and  our  cares. 

3  We  share  our  mutual  woes ; 

Our  mutual  burdens  bear  ; 
And  often  for  each  other  flows 

The  sympathizing  tear. 


LOVE-FEAST.  425 

4  When  we  asunder  part, 
It  gives  us  inward  pain ; 

But  we  shall  still  be  join'd  in  heart, 
And  hope  to  meet  again. 

5  This  glorious  hope  revives 
Our  courage  by  the  way  ; 

While  each  in  expectation  lives, 
And  longs  to  see  the  day. 

6  From  sorrow,  toil,  and  pain, 
And  sin  we  shall  be  free  ; 

And  perfect  love  and  friendship  reign 
Through  all  eternity. 

71 3  4th  P.  M.  8S6,  8S6. 
Divine  conformity. 

TESUS,  fulfil  our  one  desire, 
O     And  spread  the  spark  of  living  fire 

Through  every  hallow 'd  breast : 
Bless  with  divine  conformity. 
And  give  us  now  to  find  in  thee 

Our  everlasting  rest. 

2  0  that  we  now  the  power  might  feel, 
To  do  on  earth  thy  blessed  will, 

As  angels  do  above  :— 
To  walk  in  thee,  the  Truth,  the  Way 
And  ever  perfectly  obey 

Thy  sweet  constraining  love. 

714  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  7s. 
Sand  in,  hand  to  heaven. 

CENTRE  of  our  hopes  thou  art ; 
End  of  cur  enlarged  desires  : 
Stamp  thine  image  on  our  heart ; 

Fill  us  now  with  heavenly  fires  : 
Join'd  to  thee  by  love  divine, 
Seal  our  souk  forever  thine. 


426  CHRISTIAN  FELLOWSHIP. 

2  All  our  works  in  thee  be  wrought, — 
Levell'd  at  one  common  aim  : 

Every  word  and  every  thought 
Purge  in  the  refining  flame : 
Lead  us,  through  the  paths  of  peace, 
On  to  perfect  holiness. 

3  Let  us  all  together  rise, — 
To  thy  glori..iis  life  restored; 

Here  regain  our  Paradise- 
Here  prepare  to  meet  our  Lord  : 
Here  enjoy  the  earnest  given  : 
Travel  hand  in  hand  to  Heaven. 

715  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

One  in  Christ  Jesus  and  tcilh  each  other. 
"PATHER,  at  thy  footstool  see 
a    Those  who  now  are  one  in  thee  : 
Draw  us  by  thy  grace  alone  : 
Give,  O  give  us  to  thy  Son. 

2  Jesus,  Friend  of  human  kind, 
Let  us  in  thy  name  be  join'd; 
Each  to  each  unite  and  bless ; 
Keep  us  still  in  perfect  peace. 

3  Heavenly,  all-alluring  Dove, 

y  o\  ershadowing  love  ; 
Love,  the  scaling  grace,  impart; 
Dwell  within  our  single  heart. 

4  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Be  to  us  what  Adam  li  st ; 

Let  us  in  thine  image  rise  ; 
Give  us  back  our  Paradise. 

716  c.  m. 

Rejoicing  in  hope. 


up  vour  hearts  to  things  above, 

foll'Wf 


1j  Ye  foll'wers  of  the  Lamb, 
And  join  with  as  to  praise  his  love, 
And  glorify  his  Name. 


LOVE-FEAST.  427 

2  To  Jesus'  Sams  give  thanks  and  sing, 
Whose  mercies  never  end  : 

Rejoice!  rejoice!  the  Lord  is  King; 
The  King  is  now  our  Friend. 

3  We  for  his  sake  count  all  things  loss ; 
On  earthly  good  look  down ; 

And  joyfully  sustain  the  cross, 
Till  we  receive  the  crown. 

4  O  let  us  stir  each  other  up, 

Our  faith  by  works  to'  approve, — 
By  holy,  purifying  hope, 
And  the  sweet  task  of  love. 

5  Let  all  who  for  the  promise  wait, 
The  Holy  Ghost  receive  ; 

And,  raised  to  our  unsinning  state, 
With  God  in  Eden  live  : — 

6  Live,  till  the  Lord  in  glory  come, 
And  wait  his  heaven  to  share  : 

He  now  is  fitting  up  your  home  ; 
Go  on,  we  '11  meet  you  there. 

717  4th  P.  M.  886,  8S6. 

Unity  of  spirit  and  of  purpose. 

COME,  wisdom,  power,  and  grace  divine 
Come,  Jesus,  in  thy  name  to  join 
A  happy,  chosen  hand  ; 
Who  fain  would  prove  thiue  utmost  will, 
And  all  thy  righteous  laws  fulfil, 
In  love's  benign  command. 

2  If  pure  essential  love  thou  art, 
Thy  nature  into  every  heart, 

Thy  loving  self,  inspire  : 
Bid  all  our  simple  souls  be  one, 
United  in  a  bond  unknown, 

Baptized  with  heavenly  fire. 


428    CHRISTIAN  FELLOWSHIP. 

3  Still  may  we  to  our  centre  tend, 

To  spread  thy  praise  our  common  end, 

To  help  each  other  on ; 
Companions  through  the  wilderness, 
To  share  a  moment's  pain,  and  seize 

An  everlasting  crown. 

4  Jesus,  our  tender'd  souls  prepare ; 
Infuse  the  softest  social  care, — 

The  warmest  charity ; 
The  bowels  of  our  bleeding  Lamb, 
The  virtues  of  thy  wondrous  name, 

The  heart  that  was  in  thee. 

5  Supply  what  every  member  wants  ; 
To  found  the  fellowship  of  saints, 

Thy  Spirit,  Lord,  supply; 
So  shall  we  all  thy  love  receive, 
Together  to  thy  glory  live, 

And  to  thy  glory  die. 

718  7th  P.  M.  8  lines 

TTitnesses  for  Jesus. 

COME,  and  let  us  sweetly  join, 
Christ  to  praise  in  hymns  divine: 
Give  we  all,  with  one  accord, 
Glory  to  our  common  Lord : 
Hands,  and  hearts,  and  voices  raise; 
Sing  as  in  the  ancient  days ; 
Ante-date  the  joys  above, — 
Celebrate  the  feast  of  love. 

2  Strive  we,  in  affection  strive ; 
Let  the  purer  flame  revive  ; 
Such  as  in  the  martyrs  glow'd, 
Dying  champions  for  their  God  : 
We  like  them  may  live  and  lovo ; 
(YUM  we  are  their  joys  to  prove; 
Saved  with  them  from  future  wrath; 
Partners  of  like  precious  faith. 


LOVE-FEAST.  429 

8  Sing  we  thei^Bn  Jesus'  Name, 
Now  as  yesterday  the  same ; 
One  in  every  time  and  place, 
Full  for  all  of  truth  and  grace  : 
We  for  Christ,  onr  Master,  stand, 
Lights  in  a  benighted  land  : 
We  our  dying  Lord  confess; 
We  are  Jesus'  witnesses. 


719  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  7s. 

The  feast  of  endless  love. 

COME,  thou  high  and  lofty  Lord, 
Lowly,  meek,  incarnate  Word ; 
Humbly  stoop  to  earth  again; 
Come,  and  visit  abject  man. 
Jesus,  dear  expected  guest, 
Thou  art  bidden  to  the  feast : 
For  thyself  our  hearts  prepare  ; 
Come,  and  sit,  and  banquet  there. 

2  Jesus,  we  thy  promise  claim : 
We  are  met  in  thy  great  name  : 
In  the  midst  do  thou  appear; 
Manifest  thy  presence  here. 
Sanctify  us,  Lord,  and  bless ; 
Breathe  thy  Spirit,  give  thy  peace; 
Thou  thyself  within  us  move  : 
Make  our  feast  a  feast  of  love. 

3  Let  the  fruits  of  grace  abound ; 
Let  us  in  thy  bowels  sound ; 
Faith,  and  love,  and  joy 
Temperance  and  gentleness ; 
Plant  in  us  thy  humble  mind, 
Patient,  pitiful,  and  kind  : 
Meek  and  lowlv  let  us  be, — 
Full  of  goodness,  full  of  thee. 


430  CHRISTIAN  FELLOWSHIP. 

4  Make  us  all  in  thee  complete; 
Make  us  all  for  glory  meet ; 
Meet  to'  appear  before  thy  sight, 
Partners  with  the  saints  in  light. 
Call,  O  call  us  each  by  name, 
To  the  marriage  of  the  Lamb : 
Let  us  lean  upon  thy  breast ; 
Love  be  there  our 


720  ith  P.  M.  8  lines  Ts. 

Mutual  love  the  bond  of  union. 

Ty~HILE  we  walk  with  God  in  light, 
?  V    God  our  hearts  doth  still  unite  : 
Dearest  fellowship  we  prove, — 
Fellowship  in  Jesus'  love  : 
Sweetly  each,  with  each  combined, 
In  the  bonds  of  duty  join'd, 
Feels  the  cleansing' blood  applied,— 
Daily  feels  that  Christ  hath  died. 

2  Still,  0  Lord,  our  faith  increase ; 
Cleanse  from  all  unrighteousness  : 
Thee  the'  unholy  cannot  see ; 
Make,  O  make  us  meet  for  thee  : 
Every  vile  affection  kill; 

Root  out  every  seed  of  ill ; 

Utterly  abolish  sin; 

Write  thy  law  of  love  within. 

3  Hence  may  all  our  actions  flow ; 
Love  the  proof  that  Christ  we  know; 
Mutual  love  the  token  be, 

Lord,  that  we  belong  to  thee  : 
Love,  thine  image,  love  impart; 
Stamp  it  now  on  every  heart : 
Only  love  to  us  be  given : 
Lord,  we  ask  no  other  heaven. 


DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 


THE  WARFARE. 

721  L-  m. 

The  panoply  of  truth. 

BEHOLD  tie  Christian  warrior  stand 
In  all  the  armour  of  his  God  ; 
The  Spirit's  sword  is  in  his  hand, 

His  feet  are  with  the  Gospel  shod ; — 
2  In  panoply  of  truth  complete, 

Salvation's  helmet  on  his  head ; 
With  righteousness  a  breast-plate  meet, 

And  faith's  broad  shield  before  him  spread  ;- 
S  Undaunted  to  the  field  he  goes ; 

Yet  vain  were  skill  and  valour  there, 
Unless,  to  foil  his  legion  foes, 

He  takes  the  trustiest  weapon,  prayer. 
4  Thus,  strong  in  his  Redeemer's  strength, 

Sin,  death,  and  hell,  he  tramples  down; 
Fights  the  good  fight,  and  wins  at  length, 

Through  mercy,  an  immortal  crown. 

722  l.  m. 

The  sword  and  shield. 

A RjI  me  with  thy  whole  armour,  Lord ; 
Support  my  weakness  with  thy  might ; 
Gird  on  my  thigh  thy  eonqu'ring  sword, 

And  shield  me  in  the  threat'ning  fight : 
From  faith  to  faith,  from  grace  to  grace, 

So  in  thy  strength  shall  I  go  on ; 
Till  heaven  and  earth  flee  from  thy  face, 
And  glory  end  what  grace  begun. 


432       DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

723  s.  M. 

The  standard  of  the  cross. 

HARK,  how  the  watchmen  cry ! 
Attend  the  trumpet's  sound  ; 
Stand  to  your  arms,  the  foe  is  nigh,— 

The  powers  of  hell  surround. 
Who  bow  to  Christ's  command, 

Your  amis  and  hearts  prepare  ; 
The  day  of  battle  is  at  hand  — 
Go  forth  to  glorious  war. 

2  See  on  the  mountain  top 
The  standard  of  your  God  ; 

In  Jesus'  name  'tis" lifted  up, 
All  stain'd  with  hallow'd  blood. 

His  standard-bearers,  now 
To  all  the  nations  call  : 

To  Jesus'  cross,  ye  nations,  bow ; 
He  bore  the  cross  for  all. 

3  Go  up  with  Christ  your  Head ; 
Your  Captain's  footsteps  see ; 

Follow  your  Captain,  and  be  led 

To  certain  victory. 
All  power  to  him  is  given ; 

He  ever  reigns  the  same  : 
Salvation,  happiness,  and  heaven, 

Are  all  in  Jesus'  Name. 

724  s.  m. 

Continued.— Spiritual  enemies  to  be  encounte, 

ANGELS  our  march  oppose, 
Who  still  in  strength  excel, — 
Our  secret,  sworn,  eternal  foes, 

Countless,  invisible ; 
From  thrones  of  glory  driven, 

By  flaming  vengeance  liurl'd, 
They  throng  the  air,  und  darken  heaven, 
Aid  rule  this  lower  world. 


THE   WARFARE.  433 

2  But  shall  believers  fearl 

But  shall  believers  fly  1 
Or  see  the  bloody  cross  appear, 

And  all  their  powers  defy  1 
By  all  hell's  host  withstood, 

""We  all  hell's  host  o'erthrow  : 
And,  conqu'ring  them  through  Jesus'  blood, 

We  on  to  conquer  go. 


725  s.  m. 

The  whole  armour  of  God. 

SOLDIERS  of  Christ,  arise, 
And  put  your  armour  on, 
Strong  in  the  strength  which  God  supplies 

Through  his  eternal  Son  ; 

Strong  in  the  Lord  of  Hosts, 

And  in  his  mighty  power, 

Who  in  the  strength  of  Jesus  trusts, 

Is  more  than  conqueror. 

2  Stand  then  in  his  great  might, 

With  all  his  strength  endued  ; 
But  take,  to  ami  you  for  the  fight, 

The  panoply  of  God  : 
That  having  all  things  done, 

And  all  your. conflicts  past, 
Ye  may  o'ercome,  through  Christ  alone, 

And  stand  entire  at  last. 


3  Leave  no  unguarded  place, — 

No  weakness  of  the  soul ; 
Take  every  virtue,  every  grace, 

And  fortify  the  whole  : 
Indissolubly'join'd, 

To  battle  all  proceed ; 
But  arm  yourselves  with  all  the  min 

That  was  in  Christ  your  Head. 


434       DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

726  s.  m 

The  shield  of  faith. 

SOLDIERS  of  Christ,  lay  bold 
On  faith's  victorious  shield; 
Arm'd  with  that  adamant  and  gold, 

Be  sure  to  win  the  field  : 
If  faith  surround  your  heart, 

Satan  shall  be  subdued  ; 
RepeU'd  his  every  fiery  dart, 

And  queneh'd  with  jesus'  blood. 
2  Jesus  hath  died  for  you  ; 

What  can  his  love  withstand! 
Believe,  hold  fast  your  shield,  and  who 

Shall  pluck  you  from  his  hand? 
Believe  that  Jesus  reigns  ; 

All  power  to  him  is  given : 
Believe,  till  freed  from  sin's  remains; 

Believe  yourselves  to  heaven. 

727  s.  m. 

Courage  ensures  victory. 

URGE  on  your  rapid  course, 
Ye  blood-besprinkled  bands ; 
The  heavenly  kingdom  suffers  force  ; 

'Tis  seized"  by  violent  hands  : 
See  there  the  starry  crown 

That  flitters  through  the  skies; 
Satan,  &e  world,  and  sin,  tread  down, 

And  take  the  glorious  prize. 
2  Through  much  distress  and  pain, 

Through  many  a  conflict  here, 
Through  blood,  ye  must  the  entrance  gain, 

Yet,  O  disdain  to  fear  : 
Courage, — your  Captain  cries, 

(Who  all  your  toil  foreknew, — ) 
Toil  ye  shall  have,  yet  all  despise ; 

I  have  o'ercoine  for  you. 


THE  WARFARE.  435 

3  The  world  caimot  withstand 

Its  ancient  Conqueror ; 
The  world  must  sink  beneath  the  Hand 

Which  aims  us  for  the  war  : 
This  is  the  victory, — 

Before  our  faith  they  fall ; 
Jesus  hath  died  for  you  and  me ; 

Believe,  and  conquer  all. 


728  s.m. 

The  well-fought  day. 

PRAY,  without  ceasing,  pray, 
(Your  Captain  gives" the  word;) 
His  summons  cheerfully  obey, 

And  call  upon  the  Lord  : 
To  God  your  every  want 

In  instant  prayer  display  ; 
Pray  always  ;  pray,  and  never  faint ; 
Pray,  without  ceasing,  pray. 

2  In  fellowship, — alone, 

To  God  with  faith  draw  rear ; 
Approach  his  courts,  besiege  b_»  throne 

With  all  the  power  of  prayer  : 
His  mercy  now  implore, 

And  now  show  forth  his  praise ; 
In  shouts,  or  silent  awe,  adore 

His  miracles  of  grace. 

3  From  strength  to  strength  go  on ; 
Wrestle,  and  fight,  and"  pray ; 

Tread  all  the  powers  of  darkness  down, 
And  win  the  well-fought  day  : 

Still  let  the  Spirit  cry, 
In  all  his  soldiers,— Come, 

Till  Christ  the  Lord  descend  from  high, 
And  take  the  conqu'rors  hom8. 


436       DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

729  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
Sober  vigilance. 

THTS  slumber  from  my  spirit  shake; 
Warn'd  by  the  Spirit's  inward  call, 
Let  me  to  righteousness  awake. 

And  pray  that  I  may  never  fall ; 
Or  give  to  sin  or  Satan  place, 
But  walk  in  all  thy  righteous  ways. 

2  O  wouldst  thou.  Lord,  thy  servant  guard 
'Gainst  every  known  or  secret  foe  ; 

A  mind  for  all  assaults  prepared, 

A  sober  vigilance  bestow  : 
Ever  apprized  of  danger  nigh, 
And  when  to  fight  and  when  to  fly. 

3  O  never  suffer  me  to  sleep 
Secure  within  the  verge  of  hell; 

But  still  my  watchful  spirit  keep 
In  lowly  awe  and  loving  zeal ; 
And  bless'  me  with  a  godly  fear. 
And  plant  that  guardian  angel  here. 

4  Attended  by  that  sacred  dread, 
And  wise  from  evil  to  depart, 

Let  me  from  strength  to  strength  proceed, 

And  rise  to  purity  of  heart : 
Through  all  the  paths  of  duty  move, 
From  humble  faith  to  perfect  love. 

730  L- M- 

Heaven?;/  zeal. 

OKIXG  of  glory,  thy  rich  grace 
Our  feeble  thought  surpasses  far ; 
Yea,  e'en  our  crimes,  though  numberless, 

Less  num'rous  than  thy  mercies  are, 
2  Still,  Lord,  thy  saving  health  display, 

And  arm  our  souls  with  heavenly  sea] ; 
So,  fearless,  shall  we  urge  our  way 
Through  all  the  powers  of  earth  and  he'l. 


THE  WARFARE.  437 

731  s- M- 

Perseverance. 
TVTY  soul,  be  on  thy  guard ; 
ill  Ten  thousand  foes  arise  ; 
The  hosts  of  sin  are  pressing  hard 
To  draw  thee  from  the  skies. 

2  0  watch,  and  fight,  and  pray ; 
The  battle  ne'er  give  o'er ; 

Renew  it  boldly  every  day, 
And  help  divine  implore. 

3  Ne'er  think  the  vict'ry  won, 
Nor  lay  thine  armour  down  : 

The  work  of  faith  will  not  be  done, 
Till  thou  obtain  the  crown. 

4  Then  persevere  till  death 
Shall  bring  thee  to  thy  God ; 

He  '11  take  thee,  at  thy  parting  breath, 
To  his  divine  abode. 

732  s.  m. 

The  mind  that  was  in  Christ. 

17  QUIP  me  for  the  war, 
J  And  teach  my  hands  to  fight ; 
My  simple,  upright  heart  prepare, 
And  guide  my  words  aright. 

2  Control  my  every  thought ; 
My  whole  of  skfremove  : 

Let  all  my  works  in  thee  be  wrought 
Let  all  be  wrought  in  love. 

3  O  arm  me  with  the  mind, 
Meek  Lamb,  that  was  in  thee ; 

And  let  my  knowing  zeal  be  join'd 
With  perfect  charity. 

4  With  calm  and  temper'd  zeal 
Let  me  enforce  thy  call ; 

And  vindicate  thy  gracious  will, 
Which  oilers  life  to  all. 


438       DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

5  O  may  I  love  like  thee,— 
In  all  thy  footsteps  tread ; 

Thou  hatcst  all  Iniquity, 

But  nothing  thou  hast  made. 

6  O  may  I  learn  the  art, 
With  meekness  to  reprove  ; 

To  hate  the  sin  with  all  my  heart, 
But  still  the  sinner  love. 

733  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
The  victory  that  overcometh  the  world. 

SURROUNDED  by  a  host  of  foes, 
Stonn'd  by  a  host  of  foes  within, 
Nor  swift  to  nee,  nor  strong  to'  oppose, 

Single  against  hell,  earth,  and  sin  : 
Single,  yet  undismay'd,  I  am  ■, 

1  dare  believe  in  Jesus'  name. 

2  What  though  a  thousand  hosts  engage 
A  thousand  worlds,  my  soul  to  shake  ; 

I  have  a  shield  shall  quell  their  rage, 

And  drive  the  alien  armies  back : 
Portray'd,  it  bears  a  bleeding  Lamb ; 
I  dare  "believe  in  Jesus'  name. 

734  c.  m. 

Faith  sees  the  final  triumph. 

AM  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross, — 
A  foll'wer  of  the  Lamb,— 
And  shall  I  fear  to  own  his  cause, 

Or  blush  to  speak  his  name  1 
Q  Must  I  be  carried  to  the  skies 

On  flowerv  beds  of  ease ; 
While  others  fought  to  win  the  prize, 

And  sail'd  through  bloody  E  :;s  ! 
S  Are  there  no  foes  for  me  to  face ! 

Must  I  not  stem  the  flood? 
Is  this  vile  world  a  friend  to  grace, 

To  help  me  on  to  God  \ 


THE  WARFARE.  439 

4  Since  I  must  fight  if  I  would  reign, 
Increase  my  courage,  Lord  ; 

1  '11  bear  the  toil,  endure  the  pain, 

Supported  by  thy  word. 

5  Thy  saints  in  all  this  glorious  war 
Shall  conquer,  though  they  die  : 

They  see  the  triumph  from  afar, — 
By  faith  they  bring  it  nigh. 

6  When  that  illustrious  day  shall  rise, 
And  all  thy  armies  shine 

In  robes  of  vict'ry  through  the  skies, 
The  glory  shall  be  thine. 

735  s.  m. 

The  violent  take  it  by  force. 

OMAY  thy  powerful  word 
Inspire  a  feeble  worm 
To  rush  into  thy  kingdom,  Lord, 
And  take  it  as  by  storm. 

2  O  may  we  all  improve 
The  grace  already  given, 

To  seize  the  crown  of  perfect  love, 
And  scale  the  mount  of  heaven. 

736  c.  m. 

Heavenly  rest  in  anticipation. 
TX7HEN  I  can  read  my  title  clear 
YV    To  mansions  in  the  skies, 

1  '11  bid  farewell  to  every  fear, 

And  wipe  my  weeping  eyes. 

2  Should  earth  against  my  soul  engage, 
And  fiery  darts  be  hurl'd, 

Then  I  can  smile  at  Satan's  rage, 
And  face  a  frowning  world. 

3  Let  cares  like  a  wild  deluge  come, 
Let  storms  of  sorrow  fall, — 

So  I  but  safely  reach  my  home, 
My  God,  my  heaven,  my  alL 


440       DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

4  There  I  shall  bathe  my  weary  soul 

In  seas  of  heavenly  rest, 
And  not  a  wave  of  trouble  roll 

Across  my  peaceful  breast. 

737  26th  P.  M.  76,  76,  76,  76. 

JVo  cause  for  fear. 

GOD  is  my  strong  salvation ; 
What  toe  have  I  to  fear? 
In  darkness  and  temptation, 

My  light,  my  help,  is  near: 
Though  hosts  encamp  around  me, 

Firm  in  the  fight  I  stand ; 
What  terror  can  confound  me, 

With  God  at  my  right  hand  ! 
2  Place  on  the  Lord  reliance ; 

My  soul,  with  courage  wait; 
His  truth  be  thine  affiance, 

When  faint  and  desolate  ; 
His  might  thy  heart  shall  strengthen, 

His  love  thy  joy  increase  : 
Mercy  thy  days  shall  lengthen ; 

The  Lord  will  give  thee  peace. 

738  s.  m. 

Victory. 

I  THE  good  fight  have  fought,— 
O  when  shall  I  declare  ! 
The  vict'ry  by  my  Saviour  got, 
I  long  with'Paul  to  share. 

2  O  may  I  triumph  so, 

When  all  my  warfare  's  past ; 
And,  dying,  find  my  latest  foe 
Under  my  feet  at  last ! 

3  This  blessed  word  be  mine, 
Just  as  the  port  is  gaiu'd, — 

Kept  by  the  power  oi  grace  divino, 
1  have  the  faith  maintain 'd. 


THE  WARFARE.  441 

4  The'  apostles  of  my  Lord, 

To  whom  it  first  was  given, 
They  could  not  speak  a  greater  word, 

Nor  all  the  saints  in  heaven. 

739  s-  M. 

The  universal  victory  of  the  cross. 
TESTIS,  the  Conqu'ror,  reigns, 
O   In  glorious,  strength  array'd ; 
His  kingdom  over  all  maintains, 

And  bids  the  earth  be  glad : 
Ye  sons  of  men,  rejoice 

In  Jesus'  mighty  love ; 
Lift  up  your  heart,  lift  up  your  voice, 

To  Him  who  rules  above. 
2  Extol  his  kingly  power ; 

Kiss  the  exalted  Son, 
"Who  died,  and  lives  to  die  no  more, 

High  on  his  Father's  throne  : 
Our  Advocate  with  God, 

He  undertakes  our  cause, 
And  spreads  through  all  the  earth  abroad 

The  vict'ry  of  his  cross. 

740  s.  m. 

Victory  is  on  the  Lord's  side, 
RISE,  ye  saints,  arise ! 
The  Lord  our  leader  is  ; 
The  foe  before  his  banner  flies, 
And  victory  is  His. 

2  We  follow  thee,  our  Guide, 
Our  Saviour,  and  our  King ; 

We  follow  thee,  through  grace  supplied 
From  heaven's  eternal  spring. 

3  We  soon  shall  see  the  day 
When  all  our  toils  shall  cease ; 

When  we  shall  cast  our  arms  away, 
And  dwell  in  endless  peace. 


A 


442       DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

4  This  hope  supports  us  here ; 
It  makes  our  burdens  light : 

'Twill  serve  our  drooping  hearts  to  cheer, 
Till  faith  shall  eud  in  sight : — 

5  Till,  of  the  prize  possess'd, 
We  hear  of  war  no  more ; 

And  ever  with  our  Leader  rest, 
On  yonder  peaceful  shore. 

741  23d  P.  M.  S3,  88,  84. 

Crowns  cast  at  tin  feet  of  Jesus. 

HARK!  how  the  gospel  trumpet  sounds, 
As  through  the  world  the  echo  bounds, 
Proclaiming  t o  a  ruin'd  rare, 
That  through  the  riches  of  His  grace, 
Sinners  may  see  the  Saviour's  face, 
In  endless  day. 

2  Hail,  Jesus '.  all-victorious  Lord ! 
Be  thou  by  all  mankind  adored ! 
For  ns  didst  thou  the  fight  maintain, 
And  o'er  our  foes  the  vict'ry  gain, 
That  we,  with  thee,  might  ever  reign, 
In  endless  day. 

8  And  when,  through  grace,  onr  course  is  run, 
The  battle  fought,  the  vict'ry  wi  n. 
Then  crowns  unfading  we  shall  wear, 
The  glory  of  thy  kingdom  share, 
With  thee,  our  glorious  leader,  there, 
In  endless  day. 

4  Then,  in  thy  presence,  heavenly  King, 
In  loftier  strains  thy  praise  we  'if  sing, 
When  with  the  blood-bought  hosts  wo  meet, 
Triumphant  there,  in  bliss  complete, 
And  cast  our  crowns  before  thy  feet, 
In  endless  day. 


PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.   443 

PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION. 

742  s.  u. 

Tribulation  to  be  expected. 

AS  strangers  here  below, 
"With  various  woes  eppress'd, 
"We  must  through  tribulation  go 
To  our  eternal  rest. 

2  Thus  Christ,  our  glorious  Head, 
Ascended  to  his  throne  : — 

"Why  should  his  servants  fear  to  tread 
The  way  their  Lord  has  gone ? 

3  The  path  to  glory  lies 
Through  conflict  and  distress  : — 

But  joyful  we  at  length  shall  rise, 
The  kingdom  to  possess. 

743  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  Ss. 
Christ  our  pattern  and  example. 

SAVIOUR  of  all,  what  hast  thou  done  ? 
What  hast  thou  suffer'd  on  the  tree? 
Why  didst  thou  groan  thy  mortal  groan, 

Obedient  unto  death  for  me? 
The  myst'ry  of  thy  passion  show,— 
The  end  of  all  thy  griefs  below. 

2  Pardon,  and  grace,  and  heaven  to  buy, 
My  bleeding  sacrifice  expired  ; 

But  didst  thou  not  my  pattern  die, 
That,  by  thy  glorious  Spirit  fired, 
Faithful  to  death  I  might  endure, 
And  make  the  crown  by  suff 'ring  sure  ! 

3  Thou  didst  the  meek  example  leave, 
That  I  might  in  thy  footsteps  tread ; 

Might  like  the  Man  of  Sorrows  grieve, 

And  groan,  and  bow  with  thee  my  Head  • 
Thy  dying  in  my  body  bear, 
And  all  thy  state  of  suff'ring  share. 


444       DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

744  13th  P.  M.  10  10,  11  11. 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

rPHOUGH  troubles  assail,  and  dangers  affright, 

1  Though  friends  should  all  fail,  and  foes  all 

unite, 
Yet  one  tiling  secures  us,  whatever  betide, 
The  promise  assures  us,— The  Lord  will  pro-ride. 

2  The  birds,  without  bam  or  storehouse,  are  fed ; 
From  them  let  us  learn  to  trust  for  our  bread  : 
His  saints  what  is  tittintr  shall  ne'er  be  denied, 
So  long  as  'tis  written,— The  Lord  will  provide. 

3  When  Satan  nppears  to  stop  up  our  path, 
And  fills  us  with  tears,  we  triumph  by  faith; 
He  cannot  take  from  us  (though  oft  he  has  tried) 
The  heart-cheering  promise, — The  Lord  will  pro- 
vide. 

4  He  tells  us  we  're  weak, — our  hope  is  in  vain ; 
The  good  that  we  seek  we  ne'er  shall  obtain  : 
But  when  such  suggestions  our  graces  have  tried, 
This  answers  all  questions, — The  Lord  will  pro- 
vide. 

5  No  strength  of  our  own,  nor  goodness  we  claim : 
Our  trust  is  all  thrown  on  Jesas's  Name; 

In  this  our  strong  tower  for  safety  we  hide; 
The  Lord  is  our  power, — The  Lord  will  provide. 

6  When  life  sinks  apace,  and  death  is  in  view, 
The  word  of  his  grace  shall  comfort  us  through  : 
Not  feariug  or  doubting,  with  Christ  on  our  side, 
We  hope  to  die  shouting, — The  Lord  will  provide. 

745  c.  HL 

Light  shining  out  of  darkness. 
10D  moves  in  a  mysterious  way, 
f  His  wonders  to  perform ; 
He  plants  his  footsteps  in  the  sea, 
And  rides  upon  the  storm. 


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PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.  445 

2  Deep  in  unfathomable  mines 
Of  never-failing  skill, 

He  treasures  up  his  bright  designs, 
And  works  his  sov'reign  will. 

3  Ye  fearful  saints,  fresh  courage  take : 
The  clouds  ye  so  much  dread 

Are  big  with  mercy,  and  shall  break 
In  blessings  on  your  head. 

4  Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  sense, 
But  trust  him  for  his  grace ; 

Behind  a  frowning  providence 
He  hides  a  smiling  face. 


5  His  purposes  will  ripen  fast, 
Unfolding  every  hour : 

The  bud  may  have  a  bitter  taste, 
But  sweet  will  be  the  flower. 

6  Blind  unbelief  is  sure  to  err, 
And  scan  his  work  in  vain : 

God  is  his  own  interpreter, 
And  he  will  make  it  plain. 

746  l.  m. 

A  blessing  for  those  who  mourn. 

DEEM  not  that  they  are  blest  alone 
"Whose  lives  a  peaceful  tenor  keep; 
For  God,  who  pities  man,  has  shown 
A  blessing  for  the  eyes  that  weep. 

2  The  light  of  smiles  shall  fill  again 
The  lids  that  overflow  with  tears  ; 

And  weary  hours  of  wo  and  pain, 
Are  promises  of  happier  years. 

3  There  is  a  day  of  sunny  rest, 

For  every  dark  and  troubled  night ; 

Though  grief  may  bide  an  evening  gues 

Yet  joy  shall  come  with  early  light. 


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446       DUTIES  AXD  TRIALS. 

4  Nor  let  the  good  man's  trust  depart, 
Though  life  its  common  gifts  deny  — 

Though  with  a  pierced  and  broken 'heart, 
And  spum'd  of  men,  he  goes  to  die. 

5  For  God  has  mark'd  each  sorrowing  day, 
And  number'd  every  secret  tear; 

And  heaven's  eternal  bliss  shall  pay 
For  all  his  children  suffer  here. 

747  c.  M. 

At  evening  time  it  sltaU  be  light. 
TE  journey  through  a  vale  of  tears, 
I     By  many  a  cloud  o'ercast; 
And  worldly  cares,  and  worldly  fears, 
Go  with  us  to  the  last. 

2  Not  to  the  last !     Thy  word  hath  said, 
Could  we  but  read  aright, — 

Poor  pilgrim,  lift  in  hope  thy  head; 
At  eve  it  shall  be  light! 

3  Though  ear'.h-bom  shadows  now  may  shroud 
Thy  thorny  path  awhile, 

God's  blessed  word  can  part  each  cloud, 
And  bid  the  sunshine  smile. 

4  Only  believe,  in  living  faith, 
His  love  and  power  divine ; 

And  ere  thy  sun  shall  set  in  death, 
His  light*  shall  round  thee  shine. 

5  When  tempest  clouds  are  dark  on  high, 
His  bow  of  love  and  pt-ace 

Shines  sweetly  in  the  vaulted  sky, — 
A  pledge  tliat  storms  shall  cease. 

6  II  '.d  on  thy  way,  with  li  >pe  imehill'd, 
By  faith  and  not  hy  sight, 

And  thou  Bhalt  own  his  word  fulfill',!, — 
At  eve  it  shall  be  li^ht. 


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PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.  447 

748  c.  m. 

The  only  solace  in  sorrow. 
THOU  who  driest  the  mourner's  tear, 
How  dark  this  world  would  be, 
If,  when  deceived  and  wounded  here, 
We  could  not  fly  to  thee. 

2  The  friends  who  in  our  sunshine  live, 
AVhen  winter  comes,  are  flown ; 

And  he  who  has  but  tears  to  give, 
Must  weep  those  tears  alone. 

3  But  Christ  can  heal  that  broken  heart, 
Which,  like  the  plants  that  throw 

Their  fragrance  from  the  wounded  part, 
Breathes  sweetness  out  of  wo. 

4  O  who  could  bear  life's  stormy  doom, 
Did  not  His  wing  of  love 

Come  brightly  wafting  through  the  gloom, 
Our  peace-branch  from  above. 

5  Then  sorrow,  touck'd  by  Him,  grows  bright, 
With  more  than  rapture's  ray ; 

As  darkness  shows  us  worlds  of  light, 
We  never  saw  by  day. 

749  c- * 

Crosses  are  blessings. 

SINCE  all  the  varying  scenes  of  time 
God's  watchful  eye  surveys, 
O,  who  so  wise  to  choose  our  lot, 
Or  to  appoint  our  ways  ? 

2  Good,  when  he  gives — supremely  good, 
Nor  less  when  he  denies ; 

E'en  crosses,  from  his  sov'reign  hand, 
Are  blessings  in  disguise. 

3  Why  should  we  doubt  a  Father's  love, 
So  constant  and  so  kind? 

To  his  unerring,  gracious  will 
Be  e-ery  wish  resign'd. 


448       DUTIES   AXD   TRIALS. 

750  c.  M. 

Radiant  hope. 

OWHO.  in  sncli  a  world  as  this, 
Could  bear  hi?  lot  of  pain. 
Did  not  one  radiant  hope  of  bliss 

Unclouded  yet  remain? 
That  hope  the  sov'reiffn  Lord  has  given, 

Who  reigns  above  the  skies ; 
Hope  that  unites  the  soul  to  heaven 

By  faith's  endearing  ties. 
2  Each  care,  each  ill  of  mortal  birth, 

Is  sent  in  pitying:  love, 
To  lilt  i'i  .  .rt  from  earth, 

And  sp<^?d  its  Bight  above. 
And  every  pang  that  wrings  the  breast, 

And  every  joy  that  dies, 
Tell  us  to  seek  a  purer  rest, 

And  trust  to  holier  ties. 

751  i-  ■• 

God's  presence  with  lis  people. 
TTEN  Israel,  of  the  Lord  beloved, 
Out  from  the  land  of  bondage  came, 
Her  father's  God  before  her  moved, 
An  awful  guide,  in  smoke  and  flame. 

2  By  day,  along  the  astonish'd  lands 
The  cloudy  pillar  glided  slow, 

By  nisrht,  Arabia's  crimson'd  sands 
Rcturn'd  the  fiery  column's  glow. 

3  Thns  present  still,  thoug-h  now  unseen, 
"When  brightly  shines  the  prosp'rous  day, 

Be  thoughtsof  thee  a  cloudy  screen, 
To  temper  the  deceitful  ray. 

4  And  O,  when  gathers  on  our  path, 

In  shade  and  stirm,  the  frequent  night, 
Be  thon,  long-suff'ring,  slow  to  wrath, 
A  burning  and  a  shining  light. 


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£ ATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.   449 

752  C  M. 

Remember  me  1 
THOU  from  whom  all  goodness  flows, 
I  lift  my  soul  to  thee ; 
In  all  my  sorrows,  conflicts,  woes, 

O  Lord,  remember  me. 
2  If,  for  thy  sake,  upon  my  name 

Reproach  and  shame  shall  be, 
I'll  hail  reproach,  and  welcome  shamo; 

O  Lord,  remember  me. 
S  When  worn  with  pain,  disease,  and  grief, 

This  feeble  body  see ; 
Grant  patience,  rest,  and  kind  relief; 

0  Lord,  remember  me. 

4  When,  in  the  solemn  hour  of  death, 

1  wait  thy  just  deeree, 

Be  this  the  prayer  of  my  last  breath, — 
O  Lord,  remember  rue. 

5  And  when  before  thy  throne  I  stand, 
And  lift  my  soul  to  thee, 

Then,  with  the  saints  at  thy  right  hand, 
O  Lord,  remember  me. 

753  L-  M. 

Remember  Calvary  1 
T&/TY  suff'rings  all  to  thee  are  known, 
1TJ.  Tempted  in  every  point  like  me ; 
Regard  my  grief,  regard  thine  own : 

Jesus,  remember  Calvary ! 
2  For  whom  didst  thou  the  cross  endure? 

Who  nail'd  thy  body  to  the  tree  ? 
Did  not  thy  death  my  life  procure  S 

O  let  thy  mercy  answer  me. 
8  Art  thou  not  toueh'd  with  human  wo 

Hath  pity  left  the  Son  of  man  % 
Dost  thou  not  all  my  sorrows  know, 
•     And  claim  a  share  in  all  my  pain! 

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450        DUTIES  AM)  TRIALS. 

4  Thou  wilt  not  break  a  bruised  reed. 
Or  quench  the  smallest  spark  of  grace, 

Till  through  the  soul  thy  power  is  spread* 
Thy  all-victorious  righteousness. 

5  The  day  of  small  and  feeble  things, 
I  know  thou  never  wilt  despise  ; 

1  know,  with  healing  in  his  wings. 
The  Sun  of  righteousness  shall  rise. 

754  c.  m. 

In  fear  and  trembling. 

FATHER  of  lights,  thy  needful  aid 
To  us  that  ask,  impart; 
Mistrustful  of  ourselves,  afraid 
Of  our  own  treach'rous  heart. 

2  O'erwhelnvd  with  justest  fear,  again. 
To  thee  for  help  we  call : 

Where  many  mightier  have  been  slain, 
By  thee  unsaved,  we  fall. 

3  Ah !  what  avails  superior  light, 
Without  superior  love ; 

We  see  the  truth,  we  judge  aright* 
And  wisdom's  ways  approve. 

4  In  spite  of  our  resolves,  we  fear 
Oar  own  infirmity ; 

And  tremble  at  the  trial  near, 
And  cry,  O  God,  to  thee ! 

5  Our  only  help  in  danger's  hour, 
Our  only  strength  thou  art ; 

Above  the  world  and  Satan's  power, 
And  greater  than  our  beau. 

6  Va  from  ourselves  thou  canst  secure, 
In  nature's  slipp'ry  ways  ; 

And  make  our  feeble  footsteps  sure, 
By  thy  sunk-lent  grace. 


PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.  45 1 

755  L-  M- 

Jems,  Ihefrtend  of  the  friendless. 

GOD  of  my  life,  to  thee  I  call  ; 
Afflicted,  at  thy  feet  I  fall; 
When  the  great  water-floods  prevail, 
Leave  not  my  trembling  heart  to  fail. 

2  Friend  of  the  friendless,  and  the  faint, 
Where  should  I  lodge  my  deep  complaint! 
Where — but  with  thee,  whose  open  door 
Invites  the  helpless  and  the  poor? 

3  Did  ever  mourner  plead  with  thee, 
And  thou  refuse  that  mourner's  plea  ? 
Does  not  the  promise  still  remain, 
That  none  shall  seek  thy  face  in  vain  ? 

4  Poor  I  may  be — despised,  forgot, 
Yet  God,  my  God,  forgets  me  not; 
And  he  is  safe,  and  must  succeed, 

For  whom  the  Saviour  deigns  to  plead. 

756  I*  W. 

Meekness  and  patience. 

THOU  Lamb  of  God,  thou  Prince  of  peace, 
For  thee  my  thirsty  soul  doth  pine ; 
My  longing  heart  implores  thy  grace  ; 
O  make  me  in  thy  likeness  shine. 

2  With  fraudless,  even,  humble  mind, 
Thy  will  in  all  things  may  I  see ; 

In  love  be  every  wish  resigned, 
And  hallow'd  my  whole  heart  to  thee. 

3  When  pain  o'er  my  weak  flesh  prevails, 
With  lamb-like  patience  arm  my  breast; 

When  grief  my  wounded  soul  assails, 
In  lowly  meekness  may  I  rest. 

4  Close  by  thy  side  still  may  I  keep, 
Howe'er  life's  various  enrrent  flow ; 

With  steadfast  eyo  mark  every  step, 
And  follow  where  my  Lord  doth  go. 


452        DUTIES  AND   TRIALS. 

5  Thou,  Lord,  the  dreadful  fight  hast  won ; 
Alone  thou  hast  the  wine-press  trod ; 

In  me  thy  strength'uing  grace  be  shown ; 
O  may  I  conquer  through  thy  blood. 

6  So,  when  on  Zion  thou  shalt  stand, 
And  all  heaven's  host  adore  their  King, 

Shall  I  be  found  at  thy  right  hand, 
And,  free  from  pain,  thy  glories  sing. 

757  .  L.  M. 

Patient  thankfulness  and  trust. 

ETERNAL  beam  of  Light  divine, 
Fountain  of  unexhausted  love  ; 
In  whom  the  Father's  glories  shine, 
Through  earth  beneath,  and  heaven  above  : — 

2  Jesus,  the  weary  wand'rer's  rest, 
Give  me  thy  easy  yoke  to  bear; 

With  steadfast  patience  arm  my  breast, 
With  spotless  love  and  lowly  fear. 

3  Thankful  I  take  the  cup  from  thee, 
Prepared  and  mingled  by  thy  skill : 

Though  bitter  to  the  taste  it  be, 
Powerful  the  wounded  soul  to  heal. 

4  Be  thon,  O  Rock  of  ages,  nigh! 

So  shall  each  murm'rfng  thought  be  gone, 
And  grief,  and  fear,  and  care  shall  fly, 
As  clouds  before  the  mid-day  sun. 

6  Speak  to  my  warring  passions, — Per.ce , 
Say  to  my  trembling  heart, — Be  still; 

Thy  power  my  strength  and  fortress  is, 
For  all  things  serve  thy  sov'reign  will. 

6  O  death  !  where  is  thy  sting?     Where  now 

Thy  boasted  victory,  O  grave! 
Who  6hall  contend  with  God!  or  who 

Can  hurt  whom  God  delights  to  save! 


PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.  453 

758  ■  C.  M. 

Submissive  resignation. 

OLORD  !  my  best  desire  fulfil, 
And  help  me  to  resign 
Life,  health,  and  comfort  to  thy  will, 
And  make  thy  pleasure  mine. 

2  Why  should  I  shrink  at  thy  command, 
Whose  love  forbids  my  fears? 

Or  tremble  at  the  gracious  hand 
That  wipes  away  my  tears  ? 

3  No !  rather  let  me  freely  yield 
What  most  I  prize  to  thee, 

Who  never  hast  a  good  withheld, 
Or  wilt  withhold  from  me. 

4  Thy  favour,  all  my  journey  through, 
Shall  be  my  rich  supply  ; 

What  else  I  want,  or  think  I  do, 
Let  wisdom  still  deny. 

759  c.  m. 

Not  my  will,  but  thine  be  done. 

ALL-WISE,  almighty,  and  all-good, 
In  thee  I  firmly  trust ; 
Thy  ways,  unknown  or  understood, 
Are  merciful  and  just. 

2  May  I  remember  that  to  thee 
Whate'er  I  have  I  owe  ; 

And  back  in  gratitude  from  me, 
May  all  thy  bounties  flow, 

3  Thy  gifts  are  only  then  enjoy'd, 
When  used  as  talents  lent ; 

Those  talents  only  well  employ'd, 
Wlien  in  thy  service  spent. 

4  And  though  thy  wisdom  takes  away, 
Shall  I  arraign* thy  will! 

No !  let  me  bless  thy  Name,  and  say,— 
The  Lord  is  gracious  still. 


454        DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

700  L-  m. 

Comfort  in  the  promises. 

OGOD!  to  thee  we  raise  our  eyes; 
Calm  resignation  we  implore ; 
O  let  no  murm'ring  thought  arise, 
But  humbly  let  us  still  adore. 

2  With  meek  submission  may  we  hear 
Each  needful  cross  thou  shklt  ordaiu ; 

Nor  think  cur  trials  too  severe, 
Nor  dare  thy  justice  to  arraign. 

3  For  though  mysterious  now  thy  ways 
To  erring  mortals  may  appear, 

Hereafter  we  thy  name  shall  praise, 
For  all  our  keenest  snff'rings  here. 

4  Thy  needful  help,  O  God,  afford, 
Nor  let  us  sink  in  deep  despair ; 

Aid  us  to  trust  thy  sacred  word, 
And  find  our  sweetest  comfort  there. 

761  c- M- 

Patient  in  tribulation, 
TU"ITH  trouble  laden — grief  oppress'd, 
I  \     Wings  had  I  like  a  dove, 
I'd  fly  away,  and  be  at  rest, 
Within  a" world  above! — 

2  A  world  where  angels,  pure  as  fair, 
Swell  Jesus'  glorious  train ; 

Nor  sin  may  make  intrusion  there, 
Nor  death  an  entrance  gain ; — 

3  Where  God's  own  hand  shall  wipe  away 
The  tears  from  every  face  ; 

And  Jesus  to  his  saints  display 
His  mysteries  of  grace. 

4  Yet,  Lord,  each  murm'ring  thought  control ; 
Each  anxious  wish  repress  : 

To  thee  I  would  resign  my  soul, 
And  wait  till  thou  ehalt  blei.8. 


PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.  455 

762  L-  M' 

Safety  and  security  in  the  arms  of  Jesus. 

GOD  of  my  life,  whose  gracious  power 
Through  varied  deaths  my  soul  hath  led, 
Or  turn'd  aside  the  fatal  hour, 
Or  lifted  up  my  sinking  head  ; — 

2  In  all  my  ways  thy  hand  I  own, — 
Thy  ruling  providence  I  see  ; 

Assist  me  still  my  course  to  tud, 
And  still  direct  my  paths  to  thee. 

3  Whither,  O  whither  should  I  fly, 
But  to  my  loving  Saviour's  hreast ! 

Secure  within  thine  amis  to  lie, 
And  safe  beneath  thy  wings  to  rest. 

4  I  have  no  skill  the  snare  to  shun, 


But  thou  art  greater  than  my  he  art. 
5  Foolish,  and  impotent,  and  blind, 

Lead  me  a  way  I  have  not  known ; 
Bring  me  where  I  my  heaven  may  find, — 

The  heaven  of  loving  thee  alone. 

763  c.  m. 

Sanctified  affliction. 

GLORY  to  thee,  thou  righteous  God, 
Righteous,  yet  kind  to  me  ; 
For  under  thy  paternal  rod, 
Paternal  love  I  see. 

2  Though  humbled  in  the  lowest  deep, 
Thy  gracious  hand  I  bless  ; 

And,  thinking  of  thy  love,  I  weep, 
For  my  unfaithfulness. 

3  Thou  dost  in  tenderness  chastise, 
-And  graciously  reprove  : 

My  Father! — all  within  me  cries,— 
Thy  ways  are  truth  and  love. 


458        DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

704  s-  M- 

The  souVs  only  refuge. 

THOU  refuge  of  my  soul, 
On  thee,  when  sorrows  rise, 
On  thee,  when  waves  of  trouble  roll, 
My  tainting-  hope  relies. 

2  To  thee  I  tell  my  grief, 

•  For  thou  alone  canst  heal ; 
Thy  word  can  bring  a  sweet  relief 
For  every  pain  I  feel. 

3  But,  O,  when  doubts  prevail, 
I  fear  to  call  thee  mine ; 

The  springs  of  comfort  seem  to  fail, 
And  all  my  hopes  decline. 

4  Yet,  Lord,  where  shall  I  flee ! 
Thou  art  my  only  trust ; 

And  still  my  soul  would  cleave  to  thee, 
Though  prostrate  in  the  dust. 

765  12th  P.  M.  76,  76,  78,  76. 

Smarting  under  the  rod. 

FATHER,  if  thou  must  reprove 
For  all  that  I  have  done, 
Not  in  anger,  but  in  love, 

Chastise  thine  humbled  son. 
Use  the  rod,  and  not  the  sword ; 

Correct  with  kind  severity; 
Bring  me  not  to  nothing,  Lord, 

But  bring  me  home  to  thee. 
2  True  and  faithful  as  thou  art 

To  all  thy  church  and  me, 
Give  a  new,  believing  heart, 

That  knows,  and  cleaves  to,  thee ; 
For  when  we  our  hearts  resign, 

O  Jesus,  to  be  fiil'd  with  thee, 
Thou  art  ours,  and  we  are  thine, 

Through  all  eternity! 


PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.  457 

766  c-  m. 

Chastisement  received  with  humility. 

IT  is  the  Lord,  who  doth,  not  grieve, 
Or  needlessly  reprove ; 
Saviour,  we  thankfully  receive 

The  tokens  of  thy  love. 
2  These  tokens  may  -we  ever  prize, 

And  answer  their  intent, 
By  list'ning  to  thy  word,  that  cries, — 
Be  zealous,  and  repent. 

767  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 
Weak  and  helpless. 

SON  of  God,  thy  blessing  grant ; 
Still  supply  my  every  want; 
Tree  of  life,  thine'  influence  shed  : 
From  thy  fulness  I  am  fed. 

2  Tend'rest  branch,  alas  !  am  I, — 
"Wither  without  thee  and  die  ; 
Weak  as  helpless  infancy  : 

O  confirm  my  soul  in  thee  ! 

3  Unsustain'd  by  thee,  I  fall ; 
Send  the  help  for  which  I  call : 
Weaker  than  a  bruised  reed, 
Help  I  every  moment  need. 

4  All  my  hopes  on  thee  depend ; 
Love  me,  save  me  to  the  end ; 
Give  me  persevering  grace ; 
Take  the  everlasting  praise. 

768  4tn  p-  M-  886,  886. 
God  a  very  present  help  in  trouble. 

OGOD,  thy  faithfulness  I  plead  : 
My  present  help  in  time  of  need, 
My  great  deliv'rer  thou ! 
Haste  to  mine  aid,  thine  ear  incline, 
And  rescue  this  poor  soul  of  mine  : 
I  claim  the  promise  now. 


458       DUTIES  AXD  TRIALS. 

0  Where  is  the  way!  ah,  show  me  where, 
That  I  thy  mercy  may  declare,— 

The  power  that  sets  me  free  : 
How  can  I  my  destruction  shun? 
How  can  I  from  my  nature  run? 

Answer,  O  Lord, "for  me. 

S  One  only  way  the  erring  mind 
Of  man,  short-sighted  man,  can  find, 

From  inbred  sin  to  fly : 
Stronger  than  love,  I  fondly  thonght 
Death,  only  death,  can  cut  the  knot, 

Which  love  cannot  untie. 

4  Bnt  thou,  O  Lord,  art  full  of  grace ; 
Thy  love  can  find  a  thousand  ways 

To  foolish  man  unknown  : 
My  soul  upon  thy  love  I  cast ; 

1  rest  me,  till  the  storm  be  past, 
Upon  thy  love  alone. 

5  Thy  faithful,  wise,  almighty  love, 
Still  every  stnmbling-block  remove, 

And  make  an  open  way : 
Thy  love  shall  burst  the  shades  of  death, 
And  bear  me  from  the  gulf  beneath, 

To  everlasting  day. 

769  c.  m. 

The  Lord  is  my  rock. 

THOU  rock  of  my  salvation,  haste; 
Extend  thine  ample  shade ; 
And  let  it  over  me  be  cast, 
To  screen  my  naked  head. 

2  Defend  me  in  this  trying  hour; 
My  sure  protection  be ; 

Mv  shelter  from  the  tempest's  power, 
Till  I  am  fix'd  on  thee. 


PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.   459 

3  O  set  upon  thyself  ray  feet, 
And  make  me  surely  stand; 

From  fierce  temptation's  rage  and  heat 
Protect  me  with  thy  hand. 

4  Now  let  me  in  the  cleft  be  placed; 
Nor  ray  defence  remove ; 

Within  thine  arms  of  love  embraced, — 
Thine  arms  of  endless  love. 

770  c.  m. 

The  shadow  of  a  great  rock  in  a  weary  land. 

"\TO"W  to  the  haven  of  thy  breast, 
ll   O  Son  of  man,  I  fly ; 
Be  thou  my  refuge  and  my  rest, 
For  O !  the  storm  is  high. 

2  Protect  me  from  the  furious  blast 
My  shield  and  shelter  be  : 

Hide  me,  my  Saviour,  till  o'erpast 
The  storm  of  sin  I  see. 

3  As  welcome  as  the  water-spring 
Is  to  a  barren  place, 

Jesus,  descend  on  me,  and  bring 
Thy  sweet,  refreshing  grace. 

4  As  o'er  a  parch'd  and  weary  land, 
A  rock  extends  its  shade, 

So  hide  me,  Saviour,  with  thy  hand, 
And  screen  my  naked  head. 

5  In  all  the  times  of  my  distress 
Thou  hast  my  succour  been ; 

And  in  my  utter  helplessness, 
Restraining  me  from  sin ; 

6  How  swift  to  save  me  didst  thou  move 
In  every  trying  hour ; 

O  still  protect  me  with  thy  love, 
And  shield  me  with  thy  power. 


460       DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

771  12th  P.  M.  16,  76,  78,  76. 

A  shelter  from  the  storm. 

SAVIOUR,  now  in  me  perform 
The  work  thou  hast  begun ; 
Be  my  shelter  from  the  storm, 

My'  shadow  from  the  sun  : 
Weary,  parch'd  with  thirst,  and  faint, 

Till  thou  the'  abiding  Spirit  breathe : 
Every  moment,  Lord,  I  want 

The  merit  of  thy  death. 
2  Xever  shall  I  want  it  less 

When  thou  the  gift  hast  given, 
Fill'd  me  with  thv  righteousness, 

And  seal'd  the  heir  of  heaven; 

1  will  trust  in  thee,  my  God, 
Till  I  thy  perfect  glory  see; 

Till  the  sprinkling  of  thy  blood 
Shall  speak  me  up  to  thee. 

772  l.  m. 

The  Lord  is  my  refuge. 
IT^HY  is  my  heart  with  grief  oppress'dl 
>  \     Can  all  the  pains  I  feel  or  fear, 
Make  thee,  my  suul,  forget  thy  rest — 
Forget  that  God,  thy  God,  is  near! 

2  Hast  thou  not  often  call'd  the  Lord 
Thy  refuge,  thy  almighty  friend! 

And  canst  thou  fear  to  trust  that  word 
On  which  thy  hopes  of  heaven  depend  ! 

3  Lord,  form  my  temper  to  thy  will ; 
If  thou  my  faith  and  patience  prove, 

May  every  painful  stroke  fulfil 
Thy  purposes  of  faithful  love. 

4  0  may  this  weak,  this  fainting  mind, 
A  Father's  hand,  adoring,  see  ; 

Confess  thee  iust,  and  wise,  and  kind, 
And  trust  thy  word,  and  cleave  to  thee. 


PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.  40 1 

773  &  M. 

TWaZ  and  /ai«A  of  Abraham. 

ABRAHAM, "when  severely  tried, 
His  faith  by  his  obedience  show'd ; 
He  -with  the  harsh  command  complied. 
And  gave  his  Isaac  back  to  God. 

2  His  son  the  father  offer'd  up,— 
Son  of  his  age,  his  only  son ; 

Object  of  all  his  joy  and  hope, 
And  less  beloved  than  God  alone. 

3  O  for  a  faith  like  his,  that  we 
The  bright  example  may  pursue ; 

May  gladly  give  up  all  to  thee, 
To  whom  our  more  than  all  is  due. 

4  Is  there  a  thing  than  life  more  dear! 
A  thing  from  which  we  cannot  part  J 

We  can ;  we  now  rejoice  to  tear 
The  idol  from  our  bleeding  heart. 

5  Jesus,  accept  our  sacrifice ; 

All  things  for  thee  we  count  but  loss ; 
Lo  !  at  thy  word  our  idol  dies. — 
Dies  on  the  altar  of  thy  cross. 

6  For  what  to  thee,  O  Lord,  we  give, 
A  hundred-fold  we  here  obtain ; 

And  soon  with  thee  shall  all  receive, 
And  loss  shall  be  eternal  gain. 

774  L.  M. 
Hope  in  God. 

GOD  of  my  strength,  in  thee  alone 
A  refuge  from  distress  I  see ; 
O  why  hast  thou  thine  aid  withdrawn! 

Why  hast  thou,  Lord,  forsaken  me  J 
2  O  let  thy  light  my  footsteps  guide  ; 

Thy  love  and  truth  my  spirit  fill ; 
That  in  thy  house  I  may  reside, 
And  worship  at  thy  holy  hill. 


402       DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

3  Then  will  I  at  thine  altar  bend ; 
My  harp  its  softest  notes  shall  raise, 

And  from  my  lip  to  heaven  ascend 
The  song  of  thankfulness  and  praise. 

4  Why  then,  my  soul,  art  thou  cast  down  I 
Why  art  thou  anxious  and  distiess'd! 

Hope  "thou  in  God,  his  mercy  own, 
For  I  shall  yet  enjoy  his  rest. 

775  c.  m. 

Trusting  in  the  mercy  of  God. 

WHY,  O  my  sou),  O  why  depress'd, 
And  whence  thine  anxious  fears  J 
Let  former  mercies  fix  thy  trust, 
And  check  thy  rising  tears. 

2  Affliction  is  a  stormy  deep, 
Where  wave  succeeds  to  wave  ; 

Though  o'er  my  head  the  billows  sweep, 
I  know  the  Lord  can  save. 

3  His  grace  and  mercy  trust,  my  soul, 
Nor  murmur  at  his  rod  : 

In  vain  the  waves  of  trouble  roll, 
While  he  is  still  thy  God. 

776  S.  m. 

All-sufficiency  of  His  grace. 
TESTIS,  my  Lord,  my  God, 
O   Thy  promise  I  embrace ; 
And  hail,  bener.th  the  Father's  rod, 
Thy  all-sufficient  grace. 

2  My  oft-repeated  prayer 
The  kindest  answer  gains, 

When,  by  thy  gracious  aid,  I  bear 
Life's  keen  and  varied  pains. 

3  Should  dread  of  want  oppress, 
Ami  men  or  fiends  assail, — 

Infirmities  my  frame  oppress, 
And  earthly  comforta  fail, — 


PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.   463 

4  Still  may  I  trust  in  tliee, 
And  calm  each  rising  fear; 

For  none  of  these  can  injure  me 
While  thou,  O  Christ,  art  near. 

5  My  faith  as  gold  refine ; 
Each  grace  and  virtue  prove ; 

That  in  my  spotless  life  may  shine 
The  light  of  perfect  love. 

6  Thus  shall  thy  mighty  power 
Upon  thy  servant  rest , 

Who  glories  in  the  trying  hour, 
By  thee  upheld  and  blest. 

777  C.  M. 

The  Lord  my  portion. 

ETERNAL  Source  of  joys  divine, 
To  thee  my  soul  aspires ; 
O !  could  I  say, — The  Lord  ia  mine ! 
'Tis  all  my  soul  desires. 

2  My  hope,  my  trust,  my  life,  my  Lord, 
Assure  me  of  thy  love  ; 

01  speak  the  kind,  transporting  word, 
And  bid  my  fears  remove. 

3  Then  shall  my  thankful  powers  rejoice, 
And  triumph  in  my  God, 

Till  heavenly  rapture  tune  my  voice 
To  spread  thy  praise  abroad. 

778  c  m. 

In  His  presence  there  is  fulness  of  joy. 

THY  gracious  presence,  O  my  God, 
All  that  I  wish  contains ; 
With  this,  beneath  affliction's  load, 
My  heart  no  more  complains. 

2  This  can  my  every  care  control,— 
Gild  each  dark  scene  with  light : 

This  is  the  sunshine  of  the  soul ; 
Without  it  all  is  night. 


464       DITTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

3  O  happy  scenes  above  the  sky, 
Where  thy  full  b*am3  impart 

Unclouded  beauty  to  the  eye, 
And  rapture  to  the  heart. 

4  Her  portion  in  those  realms  of  blis8> 
My  spirit  longs  to  know ; 

My  Wishes  terminate  in  this, 
Nor  can  they  rest  below. 

5  Lord,  shall  the  breathings  of  my  heart 
Aspire  in  vain  to  thee  * 

Confirm  my  hope,  that  where  thou  art 
I  shall  forever  be. 

6  Then  shall  my  cheerful  spirit  sing 
The  darksome  hours  away, 

And  rise,  on  faith's  expanded  wing, 
To  everlasting  day. 

779  s.  m. 

Whoso  trusteth  in  the  Lord  shall  be  safs. 

pOMMIT  thon  all  thy  griefs 
\J  And  ways  into  His  hands, — 
To  his  sure  "trust  and  tender  care 

Who  earth  and  heaven  commands ; 
Who  points  the  clouds  their  course, 

Whom  winds  and  seas  obey : 
He  shall  direct  thy  wand'ring  feet, — 

He  6hall  prepare  thy  way. 

2  Thon  on  the  Lord  rely, 

So,  safe,  shalt  thou  go  on ; 
Fix  on  his  work  thy  steadfast  eye, 

So  shall  thy  work  be  done. 
No  profit  canst  thou  gain 

By  self-consuming  care ; 
To  him  commend  thy  cause, — his  e» 

Attends  the  softest  prayer. 


PATIENCE  AND  KESIGNATION.  465 

780  s- M- 

He  rulet\  all  things  well. 

GIVE  to  the  winds  thy  fears  j 
Hope,  and  be  undismay'd  ; 
God  hears  thy  sighs  and  counts  thy  tears; 

God  shall  lift  up  thy  head ; 
Through  waves,  and  clouds,  and  storms, 

He  gently  clears  thy  way, 
Wait  thou  his  time,  so  shall  this  night 
Soon  end  in  joyous  day. 

2  Still  heavy  is  thy  heart? 
Still  sink  thy  spirits  down! 

Cast  off  the  weight,— let  fear  depart, 

And  every  care  be  gone. 
"What  though  thou  rulest  not ; 

Yet  heaven,  and  earth,  and  hell, 
Proclaim, — God  sitteth  on  the  throne,' 

And  ruleth  all  things  well. 

3  Leave  to  his  sov'reign  sway 
To  choose  and  to  command  : 

So  shalt  thou,  wond'ring,  own  his  way, 
How  wise,  how  strong  his  hand ! 

Far,  far  above  thy  thought 
His  counsel  shall  appear, 

When  fully  he  the  work  hath  wrought 
That  caused  thy  needless  fear. 

781  L-  m- 

He  carethfor  you. 

PEACE,  troubled  soul,  thou  need'st  not  feaa 
Thy  great  Provider  still  is  near  ; 
Who  fed  thee  last,  will  feed  thee  still : 
Be  calm,  and  sink  into  his  will. 

2  The  Lord,  who  built  the  earth  and  sky, 
In  mercy  stoops  to  hear  thy  cry; 
His  promise  all  may  freely  claim  : 
Ask  and  receive  in  Jesus'  name. 


406        DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

3  Without  reserve  give  Christ  your  Iwart ; 
Let  him  his  righteousness  impart; 

Then  all  things  el-e  he  '11  freely  give ; 
With  him  you  all  things  shall  receive. 

4  Thus  shall  the  soul  be  truly  blest, 
That  seeks  in  God  his  only  rest; 
May  I  that  happy  person  be, 

In  time  and  in  eternity. 

782  c.  m. 

Deliverance  is  at  hand. 

MY  span  of  life  will  soon  be  done, 
The  passing  moments  say  ; 
As  lensth'ning  shadows  o'er  the  mead, 
Proclaim  the  close  of  day. 

2  O  that  my  heart  might  dwell  aloof 

From  all  created  things; 
And  learn  that  wisdom  from  above, 

Whence  true  contentment  springs. 

2  Courage,  my  soul ;  thy  bitter  cross, 

In  every  trial  here, 
Shall  bear  thee  to  thy  heaven  above, 

But  shall  not  enter*there. 

4  The  sighing  ones,  that  humbly  seek 
In  sorrowing  paths  below, 

Shall  in  eternity  rejoice, 
Where  endless  comforts  flow. 

5  Soon  will  the  toilsome  strife  be  o'er, 
Of  sublunary  care, 

And  life's  dull  vanities  no  more 
This  anxious  breast  ensnare. 

6  Courage,  my  soul ;  on  God  rely; 
Deliv'rauce  soon  will  come ; 

A  thousand  ways  has  Providence 
To  bring  believers  home. 


PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.  467 

783  s.  m. 

Walking  by  faith. 
TV,  on  a  quiet  sea, 
i  Tow'rd  heaven  we  calmly  sail, 
With  grateful  hearts,  O  God,  to  thee, 
We  '11  own  the  fav'ring  gale. 

2  But  should  the  surges  rise, 
And  rest  delay  to  come, 

Blest  be  the  sorrow,  kind  the  storm, 
Which  drives  us  nearer  home. 

3  Soon  shall  our  doubts  and  feara 
All  yield  to  thy  control  : 

Thy  tender  mercies  shall  illume 
The  midnight  of  the  soul. 

4  Teach  us,  in  every  state, 
To  make  thy  will  our  own; 

And  when  the  joys  of  sense  depart, 
To  live  by  faith  alone. 

784  L.  m. 

In  hope,  believing  against  hope. 

AWAY,  my  unbelieving  fear ! 
Fear  shall  in  me  no  more  have  place ; 
My  Saviour  doth  not  yet  appear, — 

He  hides  the  brightness  of  his  face : 
But  shall  I  therefore  let  him  go, 

And  basely  to  the  tempter  yield! 
No,  in  the  strength  of  Jesus,  no, 

I  never  will  give  np  my  shield. 
2  Although  the  vine  its  fruit  deny, 

Although  the  olive  yield  no  oil, 
The  with'ring  fig-trees  droop  and  die, 

The  fields  elude  the  tiller's  toil,— 
The  empty  stall  no  herd  afford, 

And  perish  all  the  bleating  race, 
Yet  will  I  triumph  in  the  Lord, — 

The  God  of  my  salvation  praise. 


468        DITTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

3  In  hops,  believing  against  hope, 

Jesus,  my  Lord,  my  God,  I  claim ; 
Jesus,  my  strength,  shall  lift  me  up; 

Salvation  is  in  Jesus'  name. 
To  me  he  soon  shall  bring  it  nigh  ; 

My  soul  shall  then  outstrip  the  -wind ; 
On  wings  of  love  mount  up  on  high, 

And  ieave  the  world  and  sin  behind. 

785  c.  m. 

Casting  all  your  tare  upon  Him. 

STILL  on  the  Lord  thy  burden  roll, 
_   Nor  let  a  care  remain  ; 
His  mighty  arm  shall  bear  thy  soul, 

And  all  thy  griefs  sustain. 
2  Ne'er  will  the  Lord  his  aid  deny 

To  those  who  trust  his  love  ; 

And  they  who  on  his  grace  rely, 

Shall  sing  his  praise  above. 

786  c-  M- 

Glorying  in  tribulations. 

THEE,  Jesus,  full  of  truth  and  grace, 
Thee,  Saviour,  we  adore; 
Thee  in  affliction's  furnace  praise, 
And  magnify  thy  power. 

2  Thy  power,  in  human  weakness  6howo, 
Shall  make  us  all  entire ; 

We  now  thy  guardian  presence  own, 
And  walk,  unburnt,  m  fire. 

3  Thee,  Son  of  man,  by  faith  we  see, 
And  glory  in  our  Guide  ; 

Surrounded  and  upheld  by  thee, 
The  fiery  test  abide. 

4  The  fire  our  graces  shall  refine, 
Till,  moulded  from  above, 

We  bear  the  character  divine, — 
The  stamp  of  perfect  love. 


PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.  469 

787  C.  M. 

Fearless  in  tJie  furnace  of  affliction. 

GOD  of  thine  Israel's  faithful  three, 
Who  braved  the  tyrant's  ire, 
Who  nobly  scorn'd  to  bow  the  knee, 

And  walk'd,  unhurt,  in  fire  : — 
O  breathe  their  faith  into  my  breast, 

In  every  trying  hour; 
And  stand,  O  Son  of  maD,  confess'd 

In  all  thy  saving  power  ! 
2  While  thou,  Almighty  Lord,  art  nigh, 

My  soul  disdains  to  fear  ; 
Both'  sin  and  Satan  I  defy, 

Still  impotently  near ; 
The  earth  and  hell  their  wars  may  wage,— • 

I  mark  their  vain  design  : 
And  calmly  smile  to  see  them  rage 

Against  a  child  of  thine. 

788  s.  m. 

The  vnchangeahle  truth  and  love  of  Jesus. 

SUBMISSIVELY,  my  God, 
I  all  to  thee  resign, 
And  bow  before  thy  chast'ning  rod  ; 
Nor  will  I,  Lord,  repine. 

2  Why  should  my  heart  complain, 
When  wisdom,  truth,  and  love 

Direct  the  stroke,  inflict  the  pain, 
And  point  to  joys  above ! 

3  How  short  my  suff 'rings  here ; 
How  needful  every  cross  : 

Away  with  doubt,  distrust,  and  fear, 
Nor  call  my  gain  my  loss. 

4  Then  give,  or  take  away, 

I  '11  bless  thy  sacred  Name  : 
Jesus  to-day,  and  yesterday, 
And  ever,  is  the  same. 


470        DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

789  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
Steadfast  reliance  and  confident  anticipation. 

THOUGH  waves  and  storms  go  o'er  ray  head, 
Though  strength,  and  health,  and  Mends  be 
gone ; 
Though  joys  be  wither'd  all,  and  dead, 
Though  every  comfort  be  withdrawn ; 
On  this  my  steadfast  sonl  relies, — 
Tather,  thy  mercy  never  dies. 

2  Fix'd  on  this  ground  will  I  remain, 
Though  my  heart  fail,  and  flesh  decay ; 

Th'13  anchor  shall  my  sonl  sustain, 
When  earth's  foundations  melt  away; 

Mercy's  full  power  I  then  shall  prove, 

Loved  with  an  everlasting  Love. 

790  1st  P.  M.  6  line*  8s. 

I  will  fear  no  evil,  for  thou  art  with  me. 

PEACE,  doubting  heart,  my  God's  I  am  ; 
Who  fonn'd  me  man  forbids  my 
The  Lord  hath  call'd  me  by  my  name; 

The  Lird  protects,  forever  near : 
His  blood  for  me  did  once  atone, 
And  still  he  loves  and  guards  his  own. 

2  When,  passing  through  the  watery  deep, 
I  ask  in  faith  his  promised  aid, 

The  waves  an  awful  distance  keep, 

And  shrink  from  my  devoted  head  : 
Fearless,  their  violence  I  dare  ; 
They  cannot  harm,  for  God  is  there  1 

3  To  Him  mine  eye  of  faith  I  turn, 
And  through  the  fire  pursue  my  way, 

The  fire  forgets  its  power  to  burn,— 

The  lambent  flames  around  me  piny : 
I  own  his  power,  accept  the  sign, 
And  shout'to  prove  the  Saviour  mine. 


PATIENCE  AND  RESIGNATION.  471 

791 "  s.  m. 

The  sure  foundation. 

IN  every  trying  hour 
My  soul  to  Jesus  flies ; 

1  trust  in  his  almighty  power, 
V/hen  swelling  billows  rise. 

2  His  comforts  bear  me  up  ; 
I  trust  a  faithful  God ; 

The  sure  foundation  of  my  hope 
Is  in  my  Saviour's  blood. 

3  Loud  hallelujahs  sing, 

To  our  Redeemer's  Name ; 
In  joy  or  sorrow — life  or  death — 
His  love  is  still  the  same. 

702  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  Sa. 

The  servant  shall  be  as  his  Lord. 

THY  every  suff 'ring  servant,  Lord, 
Shall  as  his  perfect  Master  be ; 
To  all  thy  inward  life  restored, 

And  outwardly  conform'd  to  thee  : 
Out  of  thy  grave  the  saints  shall  rise, 
And  grasp,  through  death,  the  glorious  prize. 
2  This  is  the  straight,  the  royal  way 

That  leads  us  to  the  courts*  above  ; 
Here  let  us  ever,  ever  stay, 

Till,  on  the  wings  of  perfect  love, 
"We  take  our  last,  triumphant  flight, 
From  Calvary's  to  Zion's  height. 

793  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

Triumphant  confidence  in  the  Saviour. 

STILL  nigh  me,  O  my  Saviour,  stand, 
And  guard  in  fierce  temptation's  hour; 
Hide  in  the  hollow  of  thy  hand ; 

Show  forth  in  me  thy  saving  power : 
Still  be  thy  arms  my  sure  defence, 
Nor  earth  noi  hell  shall  pluck  me  thence. 


472        DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

2  Since  thou  hast  bid  me  come  to  thee, 

(Good  as  thou  art,  and  strong  to  save,) 
I'll  walk  o'er  life's  tempestuous  sea, 

Upborne  by  the  unyielding  wave  ; 
Dauntless,  though  rocks  of  pride  be  near, 
And  yawning  whirlpools  of  despair. 
S  When  darkness  intercepts  the  skies, 

And  sorrow's  waves  around  me  roll, 
And  high  the  storms  of  troubles  rise, 

And  half  o'erwhelm  my  sinking  sold ; 
My  soul  a  sudden  calm  shall  feel, 
And  hear  a  whisper, — Peace  ;  be  still ! 
4  Though  in  affliction's  furnace  tried, 

Unhurt,  on  snares  and  death  I'll  tread; 
Though  sin  assail,  and  hell,  thrown  wide, 

Ponr  all  its  flames  upon  my  head; 
Like  Moses'  bush  I  '11  mount  the  higher, 
And  flourish,  unconsumed,  in  fire. 


794  l.  M. 

It  is  I;  be  not  afraid.    ' 
Y17"HEN  power  divine  in  mortal  form 


/    Hush'd  with  a  word  the  raging  storm, 
In  soothing  accents  Jesus  said, — 
Lo,  it  is  I ;  be  not  afraid. 

2  So  when  in  silence  nature  sleeps, 
And  lonely  watch  the  mourner  keeps, 
One  thought  shall  every  pang  remove- 
Trust,  feeble  man,  thy  Maker's  love. 

3  God  ealms  the  tumult  and  the  storm ; 
He  rules  the  seraph  and  the  worm : 
No  creature  is  by  him  forgot 

Of  those  who  know,  or  know  him  not. 

4  And  when  the  last  dread  hour  shall  come, 
And  shudd'ring  nature  wait  her  doom, 
This  voice  shall  wake  the  pious  dead, — 
Lo,  it  is  I ;  be  not  ufraid. 


patience  and  resignation.  473 

795  l.  m. 

His  laving  kindness  is  better  than  life. 

OGOD,  thou  art  my  God  alone  ; 
Early  to  thee  my  soul  shall  cry ; 
A  pilgrim  in  a  land  unknown, — 
A  thirsty  land,  whose  springs  are  dry. 

2  Thee,  in  the  watches  of  the  night, 
When  I  remember  on  my  bed, 

Thy  presence  makes  the  darkness  light ; 
Thy  guardian  wings  are  round  my  head. 

3  Better  than  life  itself,  thy  love ; 
Dearer  than  all  beside  to  me  ; 

For  whom  have  I  in  heaven  above, 

Or  what  on  earth,  compared  with  thee  ! 

4  Praise  with  my  heart,  my  mind,  my  voice, 
For  all  thy  mercy  I  will  give ; 

My  soul  shall  still  in  God  rejoice, — 
My  tongue  shall  bless  thee  while  I  live. 

796  12th  P.  M.  76,  76,  78,  76. 

Jesus,  the  same  yesterday,  to-day,  and  forever. 

CAST  on  the  fidelity 
Of  my  redeeming  Lord, 

1  shall  his  salvation  see, 
According  to  his  word  : 

Credence  to  his  word  I  give ; 

My  Saviour  in  distresses  past 
Will  not  now  his  servant  leave, 

But  bring  me  through  at  last. 

2  Better  than  my  boding  fears 
To  me  thou  oft  hast  proved ; 

Oft  observed  my  silent  tears, 

And  challenged  thy  beloved : 
Mercy  to  my  rescue  flew, 

And  death  ungrasp'd  his  fainting  prey ; 
Pain  before  thy  face  withdrew, 

And  sorrow  fled  away. 


474        DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

3  Xcw  fis  Yesterday  the  same, 
In  all  ray  trouble's  nigh, 

Jesus,  on  thy  word  and  name 

I  steadfastly  rely  : 
Sure  as  now  the  grief  I  feel. 

The  promised  joy  I  soon  shall  have  j 
Saved  again,  to  shiners  tell 

Thy  power  and  will  to  save. 

4  To  thy  blessed  will  resign'd, 
And  stay'd  on  that  alone, 

I  thy  perfect  strength  shall  find, — 

Thy  faithful  mercies  own ; 
Compass'd  round  with  songs  of  praise, 

My  .nil  to  my  Redeemer  give ; 
Spread  thy  miracles  of  grace, 

And  to  thy  glory  live. 


STEADFASTNESS  AND  GROWTH 
IN  GRACE. 

797  C.  M. 

Vanity  of  earthly  enjoyments. 

HOVvT  vain  are  all  things  here  below ; 
How  false,  and  yet  how  fair  ! 
Each  pleasure  hath  its  poison  too, 
And  every  sweet  a  snare. 

2  The  brightest  things  below  the  sky 
Give  but  a  flatt'ring  light; 

We  should  suspect  some  danger  nigh, 
Where  we  possess  delight. 

3  Our  dearest  joys,  and  nearest  friends, 
The  partners  of  our  blood. 

How  they  divide  our  wav'nng  minds, 
Ami  leave  but  half  for  God. 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE.        475 

4  The  fondness  of  a  creature's  love, 
How  strong  it  strikes  the  sense ; 

Thither  the  warm  affections  move, 
Nor  can  we  call  them  thence. 


5  My  Saviour,  let  thy  W 

My  soul's  eternal  food ; 
And  grace  command  my  heart  away 

From  all  created  good. 

798  9th  P.  M.  87,  37,  87,  87, 

Worldly  pleasures  renounced. 

VAIN  are  all  terrestrial  pleasures ; 
Mix'd  with  dross  the  purest  gold; 
Seek  we  then  for  heavenly  treasures,— 

Treasures  never  waxing  old. 
Let  our  best  affections  centre 

On  the  things  around  the  throne  : 
There  no  thief  can  ever  enter ; 
Moth  and  rust  are  there  unknown. 

2  Earthly  joys  no  longer  please  us; 
Here  would  we  renounce  them  all ; 

Seek  our  only  rest  in  Jesus,— 
Him  our  Lord  and  Master  call. 

Faith,  our  languid  spirits  cheering, 
Points  to  brighter  worlds  above ; 

Bids  us  look  for  his  appearing ; 
Bids  us  triumph  in  his  love. 

3  May  our  light  be  always  burning, 
And  our  loins  be  girded  round, 

Waiting  for  our  Lord's  returning, — 
Longing  for  the  welcome  sound. 

Thus  the  Christian  life  adorning, 
Never  need  we  be  afraid, 

Should  he  come  at  night  or  morning, 
Early  dawn,  or  evening  shade. 


476        DUTIES  AM)  TRIALS. 

799  s.  if. 

Self -consecration. 

LORD,  in  the  strength  of  grace, 
With  a  glad  heart  and  free, 
Myself,  my  residue  of  days, 

I  consecrate  to  thee. 
2  Thy  ransom'd  ser%-ant,  I 

Restore  to  thee  thine  own ; 
And  from  this  moment  live  or  die, 
To  serve  my  God  alone. 

800  12th  P.  M.  76,  75,  78,  76. 
Determined  to  knotc  nothing  but  Jesus  and  kirn 

crucinel 
THAIS',  delusive  world,  adieu, 
l     With  all  of  creature  good  : 
Only  Jesus  I  pursue, 

Who  bought  me  with  his  blood  : 
All  thy  pleasures  I  forego  ; 

I  trample  on  thy  wealth  and  pride ; 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 
And  Jesus  crucified. 

2  Other  knowledge  I  disdain ; 
'Tis  all  but  vanity  : 

Christ,  the  Lamb  of  God,  was  slain, — 

He  tasted  death  for  me. 
Me  to  save  from  endless  wo 

The  sin-atoning  Victim  died  : 
Only  Jesus  will  1  know, 

And  Jesus  crucified. 

3  Here  will  I  set  up  my  rest ; 
My  fluctuating  heart 

From  the  haven  of  his  breast 

Shall  never  more  depart : 
Whither  should  a  sinner  go! 

His  wounds  for  me  stand  open  wide ; 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucified. 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE.        477 

4  Him  to  know  is  life  and  peace, 
And  pleasure  without  end. ; 

This  is  all  my  happiness, 

On  Jesus  to  depend  ; 
Dtiily  in  his  grace  to  grow, 

And  ever  in  his  faith  abide ; 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucified. 

5  O  that  I  could  all  invite, 
This  saving  truth  to  prove ; 

Show  the  length,  the  breadth,  the  height, 

And  depth  of  Jesus'  love  ! 
Fain  I  would  to  sinners  show 

The  blood  by  faith  alone  applied  ; 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucified. 

801  c.  m. 

Steadfast  faith. 

MY  God,  I  know,  I  feel  thee  mine, 
And  will  not  quit  my  claim, 
Till  all  I  have  is  lost  in  'thine, 

And  all  renew'd  I  am. 
2  I  hold  thee  with  a  trembling  hand, 

And  will  not  let  thee  go, 
Till  steadfastly  by  faith  I  stand, 
And  all  thy  goodness  know. 

802  10th  **•  M-  8  line3  8a. 
Following  the  lamb. 

TXTHAT  now  is  my  object  and  aim? 
VV    What  now  is  my  hope  and  desire 
To  follow  the  heavenly  Lamb, 

And  after  his  image  aspire  : 
My  hope  is  all  centred  in  thee ; 

I  trust  to  recover  thy  love  ; 
On  earth  thy  salvation  to  see, 

And  then  to  enjov  it  abovw. 


478         DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

803  lat  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

1  will  follow  thee  whithersoever  thou  yoest. 

MASTER,  I  own  thy  lawful  claim ; 
Thine,  wholly  thine,  I  long  to  be; 
Thou  seest,  at  last,  I  willing  am, 

AVhere'er  thou  go'st,  to  follow  thee; 
Myself  in  all  things  to  deny ; 
Thine,  wholly  thine,  to  live  and  die. 

2  Pleasure,  and  wealth,  and  praise  no  more 
Shall  lead  my  captive  soul  astray; 

My  food  pursuits  I  all  civ*  o'er; 

Thee,  enly  thee,  resolved  to'  obey: 
My  own  in  all  things  to  resign; 
And  know  no  other  will  hut  thine. 

804  I-  M- 

The  vow  sealed  at  the  cross. 

LORD,  I  am  thine,  entirely  thine, 
Purchased  and  saved  by  blood  divine ; 
With  full  consent  thine  I  would  be, 
And  own  thy  sov'reign  right  in  me. 

2  Grant  one  poor  sinner  more  a  place 
Among  the  children  of  thy  grace  ; 

A  wretched  sinner,  lost  to  God, 
Bnt  ransom'd  by  Immanuel's  blood. 

3  Thine  would  I  live — thine  would  I  die ; 
Be  thine  through  all  eternity  ; 

The  vow  is  past  beyond  repeal, 
And  now  I  set  the  solemn  seal. 

4  Here,  at  that  cross  where  flows  the  blood 
That  bought  my  guilty  soul  for  God, — 
Thee,  my  new  Master,  now  I  call, 

And  consecrate  to  thee  my  all. 
8  Do  thou  assist  a  feeble  worm 
The  great  engagement  to  perform ; 
Thy  grare  can  full  assistance  lend, 
And  ou  that  grace  I  dare  depend. 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE.        479 

805  c- M- 

The  world  has  lost  its  charms. 

LET  worldly  minds  the  world  pursue  ; 
It  has  no  charms  for  me  : 
Once  I  admired  its  trifles  too, 
But  grace  hath  set  me  free. 

2  Its  pleasures  can  no  longer  please, 
Nor  happiness  afford : 

Far  from  my  heart  be  joys  like  these, 
Now  I  have  seen  the  Lord. 

3  As  by  the  light  of  opening  day 
The  stars  are  all  conceal'd, 

So  earthly  pleasures  fade  away, 
When  Jesus  is  reveal'd. 

4  Creatures  no  more  divide  my  choice; 
I  bid  them  all  depart : 

His  nam%  his  love,  his  gracious  voice, 
Have  fix'd  my  roving  heart. 

806  L\, 

Heavenly  bliss  in  prospect. 

ARISE,  mv  soul,  on  wings  sutlime, 
Above  the  vanities  of  time; 
Let  faith  now  pierce  the  veil,  and  se3 
The  glories  of  eternity. 

2  Born  by  a  new,  celestial  birth, 
Why  should  I  grovel  here  on  earth? 
Why  grasp  at  vain  and  fleeting  toys, 
So  near  to  heaven's  eternal  joys  % 

3  Shall  aught  beguile  me  on  the  road,— » 
The  narrow  road  that  leads  to  God? 

Or  can  I  love  this  earth  so  well, 
As  not  to  long  with  God  to  dwell? 

4  To  dwell  with  God, — to  taste  his  lo?a 
Is  the  full  heaven  enjoy'd  above  : 

The  glorious  expectation  now 
la  heavenly  bliss  begun  below. 


480        DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

807  c.  m. 

Hie  service  u  perfect  freedom. 

BEHOLD !  I  come  with  jov  to  do 
The  Master's  blessed  wflj ; 
My  Lord  in  outward  works  pursue, 

And  serve  his  pleasure  still. 
Thus  faithful  to  my  Lord's  commands, 

I  choose  the  better  part, 
And  serve  with  careful  Martha's  hands, 
But  loving  Mary's  heart. 

2  Though  careful,  without  care  I  am, 
Nor  feel  my  happy  toil, — 

Preserved  in  peace  by  Jesus'  Name, 

Supported  by  his  smile  : 
Rejoicing  thus  my  faith  to  show, 

His  service  my  reward  ; 
While  every  wo"rk  I  do  below, 

I  do  it  to  the  Lord. 

3  O !  that  the  world  the  art  might  know 
Of  living  thus  to  thee  ; 

And  find  their  heaven  begun  below, 

And  here  thy  glory  see ; 
Walking  in  all  the  works  prepared 

To  exercise  their  grace, 
They  gain  at  last  their  full  reward, 

And  see  thy  glorious  face. 

808  c.  M. 

Self-dedication  to  the  Lord. 

BET-URN,  my  soul,  unto  thy  rest; 
From  God  no  longer  roam ; 
His  hand  hath  bountifully  blest ; 
His  goodness  calls  thee  home. 
2  What  shall  I  render  unto  thee, 

My  Saviour  in  distress, 
For  all  thy  benefits  to  me, 
So  great  and  numberless ! 


GROWTH  EN  GRACE.        481 

3  This  will  I  do  for  thy  love's  sate, 
And  thus  thy  power  proclaim  ; 

The  cup  of  thy  salvation  take, 
And  call  upon  thy  Name. 

4  Thou  God  of  covenanted  grace, 
Hear  and  recora  my  vow, 

"While  in  thy  courts  f  seek  thy  face, 
And  at  thine  altar  bow : — 

5  Henceforth  to  thee  myself  I  give ; 
With  single  heart  and  eye 

To  walk  before  thee  while  I  live, 

And  bless  thee  when  I  die. 
§09  L.  M. 

Reverential  joy  and  filial  fear. 

F',  Lord,  I  have  acceptance  found 
With  thee,  or  favour  in  toy  sight, 
Still  with  thy  grace  and  truth  surround, 

And  arm  me  with  thy  Spirit's  might. 
2  O  may  I  hear  thy  warning  voice, 

And  timely  fly  from  danger  near ; 
With  rev'rence  unto  thee  rejoice, 

And  love  thee  with  a  filial  fear : 
8  Still  hold  my  soul  in  second  life, 

And  suffer  not  my  feet  to  slide  : 
Support  me  in  the  glorious  strife, 

And  comfort  me  on  every  side. 
4  O  give  me  faith,  and  faith's  increase ; 

Finish  the  work  begun  in  me ; 
Preserve  my  soul  in  perfect  peace, 

And  let  me  always  rest  on  thee. 

810  s.  m. 

Fear  of  offending  God. 

LORD,  if  thon  hast  bestow'd 
On  me  this  gracious  fear. 
This  horror  of  offending  God, — 
O  keep  it  always  hore  ;— 

16 


482       DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

2  And  that  I  never  more 

May  from  thy  ways  depart, 
Enter,  with  all  thy  mercy's  power, 

And  dwell  within  my  heart. 

811  C.* 

The  steward  of  the  Lord. 

FATHER,  into  thy  hands  alone 
I  have  my  all  restored  : 
My  all,  thy  property  I  own ; 
The  steward  of  the  Lord. 

2  Confiding  wholly  in  thy  love, 
Thronsh  Jesus  s'trength'ning  mo, 

1  wait  thy  faithfulness  to  prove, 
And  give  hack  all  to  thee. 

3  Determined  all  thy  will  to'  obey, 
Thy  blessings  I  restore  ; 

Give,  Lord,  or  take  thy  gifts  away, 
I  praise  thee  evermore. 

812  c.  m. 

Not  ashamed  of  the  Gospel. 

I'M  not  ashamed  to  own  my  Lord, 
Or  to  defend  his  cause ; 
Maintain  the  honour  of  his  word,— 
The  glory  of  his  cross. 

2  Jesus,  my  God  ! — I  know  his  name ; 
His  name  is  all  my  trust; 

Nor  will  he  put  my  soul  to  shame, 
Nor  let  my  hope  be  lost. 

3  Firm  as  his  throne  his  promise  stands, 
And  he  can  well  secure 

What  I  've  committed  to  his  hands, 
Till  the  decisive  hour. 

4  Then  will  he  own  my  worthless  name 
Before  his  Father's  face, 

And  in  the  New  Jerusalem 
Appoint  my  soul  a  place, 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE.        483 

813  L.  M. 

Not  ashamed  of  Jesus. 

JESUS,  and  shall  it  ever  be, 
A  mortal  man  ashamed  of  thee ! 
Ashamed  of  thee,  whom  angels  praise, — 
Whos«  glories  shine  through  endless  days. 

2  Ashamed  of  Jesus ! — that  dear  Friend 
On  whom  my  hopes  of  heaven  depend  ; 
No  ! — when  I  blush,  be  this  my  shame,— 
That  I  no  more  revere  his  Name. 

3  Ashamed  of  Jesus  ! — yes,  I  may, 
When  I  've  no  guilt  to  wash  away ; 
No  tear  to  wipe,  no  good  to  crave, 
No  fears  to  quell,  no  soul  to  save. 

4  Till  then — nor  is  my  boasting  vain— 
Till  then,  I  boast  a  Saviour  slain ; 
And  O,  may  this  my  glory  be, — 
That  Christ  is  not  ashamed  of  me. 

814  c.  m. 

Waiting  upon  the  Lord. 

STILL,  for  thy  loving-kindness,  Lord, 
I  in  thy  temple  wait : 

1  look  to  find  thee  in  thy  word, 
Or  at  thy  table  meet. 

2  Here,  in  thine  own  appointed  ways, 
I  wait  to  learn  thy  will : 

Silent  I  stand  before  thy  face. 
And  hear  thee  say, — Be  still ! 

3  Be  still !  and  know  that  I  am  God  ;— 
'Tis  all  I  live  to  know ; 

To  feel  the  virtue  of  thy  blood, 
And  spread  its  praise  below. 

4  I  wait  my  vigour  to  renew, — 
Thine  image  to  retrieve ; 

The  veil  of  outward  things  pass  through, 
And  gasp  in  Uiee  to  live. 


481       DUTIES   AND  TRIALS. 

815  s.  m. 

The  signature  of  God's  love. 

LORD,  in  thy  hand  I  lie, 
And  wait  thy  will  to  prove  ; 
Mv  Potter,  stamp  on  me,  thy  clay, 

only  stamp  of  love  : 
Be  this  my  wl 

I  know  that  it  is  thine; 
Then  kindle  in  my  soul  a  fire 

Which  shall  I 
2  0  plant  in  me  thy  mind  ; 
O  fix  in  me  thy  home  ; 

■  Come  to  the  waters,  come. 
Jesus  is  full  of 

To  all  hi- 
Behold  in  me,  ye  fallen  race, 

That  God  is  only  love. 

816  L.  M. 

Living  to  ihe  glory  of  God. 

OTHOU!  who  hast  at  thy  command 
The  hearts  of  all  men  in  thy  hand; 
Oivr  wayward,  er.iiv,'  hearts  incline 
To  h 

2  Our  wishes,  our  desires,  control ; 

',  every  purpose  of  the  soul; 
all  may  we  victorious  pi 
That  Bti  v  love. 

3  Thrice  blest  will  all  our  blessings  be, 
When  we  can  \ 

When  •  lite  pays 

■  e,  and' gratitude,  and  praise. 

4  And  while  we  to  thy  glory  live, 
May  we  to  thee  all  gl 

Until  the  final  s 

That  cails  thy  willing  servants  home. 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE.        485 

817  L.  M. 

Living  to  serve  the  cause  of  Christ. 
"STY  gracious  Lord,  I  own  thy  right 
ili  To  every  service  I  can  pay, 
And  call  it  my  supreme  delight 
To  hear  thy  dictates,  and  obey. 

2  What  is  my  being  but  for  thee, — 
Its  sure  support,  its  noblest  end? 

'Tis  my  delight  thy  face  to  see, 
And  serve  the  cause  of  such  a  Friend. 

3  I  would  not  sigh  for  worldly  joy, 
Or  to  increase  my  worldly  good ; 

Nor  future  days  nor  powers  employ 
To  spread  a  sounding  name  abroad. 

4  'Tis  to  my  Saviour  I  would  live, — 
To  him  who  for  my  ransom  died  ; 

Nor  could  all  worldly  honour  give 
Such  bliss  as  crowns  me  at  his.  side. 


5  His  work  my  hoary  age  shall  bless, 
When  youthful  vigour  is  no  more ; 

And  my  last  hour  of  life  confess 
His  saving  love,  his  glorious  power. 

818  4a  p-  M.  SS6,  838. 

looking  -unto  Jesus. 

ARE  there  not  in  the  labourer's  day 
Twelve  hours,  in  which  he  safely  may 

His  calling's  work  pursue  ? 
Though  sin  and  Satan  still  are  near, 
Nor  sin  nor  Satan  can  I  fear, 

With  Jesus  in  my  view. 
2  Light  of  the  world !  thy  beams  I  bless ; 
On  thee,  bright  Sim  of  righteousness, 

My  faith  hath  fix'd  its  eye  : 
Guided  by  thee,  through  all  I  go, 
Nor  fear  the  ruin  spread  below, 

For  thou  art  always  nigh. 


486       DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

3  Ten  thousand  snares  my  paths  beset, 
Yet  will  I,  Lord,  the  work  complete, 

Which  thou  to  me  hast  given  ; 
Regardless  of  the  pains  I  feel, 
Close  hy  the  gates  of  death  and  hell, 

I  urge  my  way  to  heaven. 

819  s.  m. 

Strengthen  the  weak  hands. 

THOU  seest  our  weakness,  Lord; 
Our  hearts  are  known  to  thee ; 
O  lift  thou  up  the  sinking  hand, 

Confirm  the  feeble  knee. 
2  Let  us  in  life,  in  death, 

Thy  steadfast  truth  declare; 
And  publish,  with  our  latest  breath, 
Thy  love  and  guardian  care. 

g20  2a  p-  M- 6  Unes  &> 

The  image  of  the  heavenly, 

LORD  over  all,  sent  to  fulfil 
1  by  gracious  Father's  sov'reign  will, 
To  thy  ilread  sceptre  will  I  bow; 
"With  duteous  rev'rence  at  thy  feet, 
Like  humble  Mary,  lo !  I  sit ; 
Speak,  Lord,  thy  servant  heareth  now. 

2  The  world,  sin,  death,  oppose  in  vain ; 
Thou,  by  thy  dying,  death  hast  slain, 

My  crreat  Deliverer,  and  my  God ! 
In  vain  does  the  old  dragon  rage; 
In  vain  all  hell  its  powers  engage ; 

None  can  withstand  thy  coaqu'ring  blood. 

3  Renew  thine  image,  Lord,  in  me ; 
Lowly  and  gentle  may  I  be ; 

>.     .harms  but  these  to  thee  are  dear; 
No  anger  may'st  thou  ever  find, 
No  pn  ie  in  my  unruffled  mind, 

But  faith  and  heavea-boro  peace  be  there. 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE. 


487 


4  A  patient,  a  victorious  mind, 
That  life  and  all  things  casts  behind, 

Springs  forth  obedient  to  thy  call; 
A  heart  that  no  desire  can  move, 
But  still  to'  adore,  believe,  and  love, 

Give  me,  my  Lord,  my  life,  my  all ! 

821  L-  m. 

The  all-sufficient  Portion. 

OLOTE,  thy  sov'reign  aid  impart, 
And  guard  the  gift  thyself  hast  given : 
My  portion,  thou,  my  treasure  art, 
My  life,  and  happiness,  and  heaven. 

2  "Would  aught  on  earth  my  wishes  share! 
Though  dear  as  life  the  idol  be, 

The  idol  from  my  breast  I  '11  tear, 
Resolved  to  seek  my  all  in  thee. 

3  Whate'er  I  fondly  counted  mine, 
To  thee,  my  Lord,  I  here  restore ; 

Gladly  I  all  to  thee  resign;. 
Give  me  thyself,  I  ask  no  more. 

822  1st  P.  M,  6  Una  Ss. 
Circumspection. 

¥ATCH'D  by  the  world's  malignant  eye, 
Who  load  us  with  reproach  and  shaiie. 
As  servants  of  the  Lord  most  high, 
As  zealous  for  his  glorious  Name, 
We  ought  in  all  his  paths  to  move 
With  holy  fear  and  humble  love. 


2  That  wisdom,  Lord,  on  us  ' 

From  every  evil  to  depart ; 
To  stop  the  mouth  of  every  foe, 

While,  upright  both  in  life  and  heart, 
The  proofs  of  godly  fear  we  give, 
And  show  them  how  the  Christians  live. 


488     duties  and  trials. 

823  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  Be. 

Pressing  toward  the  mark. 

I  THANK  thee,  ancreated  Sun, 
That  thy  bright  beams  on  me  have  shined; 
I  thank  thee,  who  hast  overthrown 
My  foes,  and  healM  my  wounded  mind; 

1  thank  thee,  wht.se  enlivening  voice 
Bids  my  freed  heart  in  thee  rejoice. 

2  Uphold  me  in  the  doubtful  race, 
Nor  Buffer  me  again  to  stray  ; 

Strengthen  my  feet,  with  st.-a  ly  pace 

Still  to  press  f.  rward  in  thy  ■ 
My  soul  and  flesh,  O  Lord  of  mi  .      . 
Fill,  satiate,  with  thy  heavenly  light. 

3  Oive  to  mine  eyes  refreshing  tears; 

.  1  allnw'd  fires  ; 
Give  to  my  sool,  with  filial  fears, 

The  love  that  all  heaven's  host  inspires, 
That  all  my  powers,  with  all  their  might, 
In  thy  sole  glory  may  unite. 

4  Thee  will  I  love,  my  j  y,  my  crown ; 
Thee  will  I  love,  my  Lord,  my  G  id  ; 

Thee  will  I  !"ve,  beneath  thy  frown 

Or  smile. 
What  though  my  flesh  and  heart  decay; 
Thee  shall  I  love  iu  endless  day. 

QO|.  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

Christ  liceth  in  me. 

LOVING  Jesus,  gentle  Lamb, 
In  thy  gracious  Itau.'.s  I  am; 
Make  me,  Saviour,  what  thou  art; 
Live  thyself  within  my  heart. 
1  I  shall  then  show  forth  thy  pTaise  ; 
Serve  thee  all  m; 
Then  the  world  shall  always  see 
Christ  the  holy  child  in  me. 


GROWTH  IN   GRACE.        489 

825  L.  M. 

Following  the  Saviour. 

OTHOIT,  to  whose  all-searching  sight 
The  darkness  shineth  as  the  light, 
Search,  prove  my  heart,  it  pants  for  thee , 
O  burst  these  bonds,  and  set  it  free. 

2  Wash  out  its  stains,  refine  its  dross ; 
Nail  my  affections  to  the  cross ; 
Hallow" each  thought;  let  all  v.-ithin 
Be  clean,  as  thou,  my  Lord,  art  clean. 

3  If  in  this  darksome  wild  I  stray, 
Be  thou  my  light,  be  thou  my  way  : 
No  foes,  no  violence  I  fear, 

No  fraud,  while  thou,  my  Gcd,  art  near. 

4  When  rising  floods  my  soul  o'erfiow, — 
When  sinks  my  heart  in  waves  of  wo, — 
Jesus,  thy  timely  aid  impart, 

And  raise  my  head,  and  cheer  my  heart. 

5  Saviour,  where'er  thy  steps  I  see, 
Dauntless,  untired,  I  follow  thee ; 

O  let  thy  hand  support  me  still, 
And  lead,  me  to  thy  holy  hill. 

6  If  rough  and  thorny  be  the  way, 
Mv  strength  proportion  to  my  day ; 
Till  toil,  and  grief,  and  pain  shall  cease, 
WThere  all  is  calm,  and  jcy,  and  peace. 

828  *•■  m. 

Evermore  give  us  this  bread. 

FATHER,  supplv  my  every  need ; 
Sustain  the  life  thyself  hast  given ; 
O  grant  the  never-failing  bread, — 

The  manna  that  comes  down  from  heaven. 
2  The  gracious  fruits  of  righteousness, 

Thy  blessings'  unexhausted  stors, 
In  me  abundantly  increase, 
Nor  ever  let  rne  hunger  mere. 


490       DUTIES   AND   TRIALS. 

3  Let  me  no  more,  in  deep  complaint, 
My  leanness,  O  my  leanness!  cry; 

A!"n'e  consumed  with  pining-  want, 
Of  all  my  Father's  children  I. 

4  The  painful  thirst,  the  fond  desire, 
Thy  joyous  presence  shall  remove; 

But  my  full  soul  shall  still  require 
A  whole  eternity  of  love. 

827  l.  m. 

The  well  of  living  water. 

JESUS,  the  gift  divine  I  know, 

J   The  grift  divine  I  ask  of  thee ; 

The  living  water  now  bestow, 

Thy  Spirit  and  thyself,  on  me. 

2  For  thou  of  life  the  fountain  art, 
None  else  pan  give  oi  take  away; 

O  may  I  find  it  in  my  heart, 
And  with  me  may  it  ever  stay. 

3  Thus  may  I  drink, — and  thirst  no  more 
For  drops  of  finite  happiness; 

Spring  up,  O  well,  in  heavenly  power, 
In  streams  of  pure  perennial  peace. 

828  '     c.  M. 

Strength  renewed  by  waiting  upon  the  Lord. 

LORD,  I  believe  thy  every  word, 
Thy  every  promise  true  ; 
And  lo !  I  wait  on  thee,  my  Lord, 
Till  I  my  strength  renew. 

2  If  in  this  feeble  flesh  I  may 
Awhile  show  forth  thy  pra'ise, 

Jesus,  support  the  tott'nng  clay, 
And  lengthen  out  my  days. 

3  If  such  a  worm  as  I  can  spread 
The  common  Saviour's  name, 

Let  Him  who  raised  thee  from  the  dend, 
Quicken  my  mortal  frame. 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE.        491 

4  Still  let  me  live  thy  blood  to  show, 

Which  purges  every  stain  ; 
And  gladly  linger  out  below 

A  few  niore  years  in  pain. 

829  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8a. 

Christ  in  you,  the  hope  of  glory. 

THOU  bidden  love  of  God,  whose  height, 
Whose  depth  unfathom'd,  no  man  knows: 

1  see  from  far  thy  beauteous  light ; 
Inly  I  sigh  for  thy  repose  : 

My  heart  is  pain'd,  nor  can  it  be 
At  rest,  till  it  finds  rest  in  thee. 

2  Is  there  a  thing  beneath  the  sun, 

That  strives  with  thee  my  heart  to  share 
Ah,  tear  it  thence,  and  reign  alone, 

The  Lord  of  every  motion  there  ; 
Then  shall  my  heart  from  earth  be  free, 
When  it  hath  found  repose  in  thee. 

3  O  hide  this  self  from  me,  that  I 

No  more,  but  Christ  in  me,  may  live ; 
My  vile  affections  crucify, 

Nor  let  one  darling  lust  survive ; 
In  all  things  nothing  may  I  see, 
Nothing  desire  or  seek,  but  thee. 

4  O  Love,  thy  sov'reign  aid  impart, 

To  save  me  from  low-thoughted  care ; 
Chase  this  self-will  through  all  my  heart, 

Through  all  its  latent  mazes  there : 
Make  me  thy  duteous  child,  that  I, 
Ceaseless,  may  Abba,  Father,  cry. 

5  Each  moment  draw  from  earth  .away 
My  heart,  that  lowly  waits  thy  call; 

Speak  to  my  inmost  soul,  and  sav, — 

I  am  thy  love,  thy  God,  thy  ail ! 
To  feel  thy  power,  to  hear  thy  voice, 
To  taste  thy  love,  be  all  my  choice. 


492       DUTIES  A>TD  TRIALS. 

839  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  9e. 

An  eye  tingle  to  the  glory  of  God. 

BEHOLD!  the  servant  of  the  Lord, 
I  wait  thy  guiding'  hac<: 
To  hear  and  "keep  thy  every  word, — 

To  prove  and  do  thy  perfect  will : 
Joyful  from  ray  own  works  to  cease, 
Glad  to  fulfil  all  righteousness. 

2  And  if  thy  grace  vouchsafe  to  use, 
The  meanest  of  thy  creatures,  me, 

The  deed,  the  time,  the  manner  choose; 

Let  all  my  fruit  be  found  of  thee  : 
Let  all  my  works  in  thee  be  wrought,— 
By  thee  to  full  perfection  brought. 

3  My  every  weak,  though  good  design, 
O'errule  or  change,  as  seems  thee  meet; 

Jesus,  let  all  my  work  be  thine  ! 

Thy  work,  O  Lord,  is  all  complete, 
And  pleasing  in  thy  Father's  sight; 
Thou  only  hast  done  all  things  right. 

4  Here,  then,  to  thee  thine  own  I  leave; 
M  raid  as  thou  wilt  thy  passive  clay; 

But  let  me  all  thy  stamp  receive, — 
Cut  let  me  all  thy  words  "bey  : 

Serve  with  a  single"  heart  and  eye, 

And  to  thy  glory  live  and  die. 

831  s.  m. 

Pilgrims  and  sohurners. 

IX  every  time  and  place, 
Who  Berve  the  Lord  most  high, 
Are  call'd  his  sov'reign  will  to' embrace, 

And  still  their  own  deny : 
T>  follow  his  command, 

On  earth  as  pilgrims  rove, 
Ar.  1  seek  an  i.n  '.:-■  >v.  r'll  land, 
And  house  and  friends  ubovt. 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE.        493 

2  Father,  the  narrow  rath 

To  that  far  country  show; 
And  in  the  steps  of  Abrah'm's  faith 

Enable  me  to  go  : 
A  cheerful  soi 

VThere'er  tliou  bidd'st  me  roam, 
Till,  guided  by  thy  Spirit  bere, 

I  reach  my  heavenly  home. 

§32  8th  P.  M.  8T,  87,  47, 

The  pilgrim's  guide  and  guardian. 

GUIDE  me,  O  thou  great  Jehovah, 
Pilgrim  through  this  barren  land  : 

1  am  weak — but  thou  art  mighty  ; 
Hold  me  with  thy  powerful  hand : 

Bread  of  heaven, 
Feed  me  till  I  want  no  more. 

2  Open  now  the  crystal  fountain, 
"Whence  the  healing  waters  flow; 

Let  the  fiery,  cloudy  pillar, 

Lead  me  all  my  journey  through  : 
Strong  Deliv'rer, 

Be  thou  still  my  strength  and  shieia. 
S  "When  I  tread  the  verge  of  Jordan, 

Bid  my  anxious  fears  subside  : 
Bear  me  through  the  swelling  current 

Land  me  safe  on  Canaan's  side ; 
Songs  of  praises 

I  will  ever  give  to  thee. 

833  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

The  prize  cf  cur  high  calling. 

PSTJS,  thy  boundless  love  to  me 
No  thought  can  reach,  no  tongue  declare ; 
.0  knit  my  thankful  heart  to  tbee, 
And  reign  without  a  rival  there  : 
Thine  wholly,  thine  alone,.  1  am; 
Be  thou  alone  my  constant  fiame. 


494       DUTIES  AXD  TRIALS. 

2  O  grant  that  nothing  in  my  soul 
May  dwell,  but  thy  pure  love  alone: 

O  may  thy  love  possess  mo  whole, — 

My  joy,  my  treasure,  and  my  cnwn  : 
Strange 'flames  far  from  my  heart  remove; 
My  every  act,  word,  thought,  be  love. 

3  Unwearied  may  I  this  pursue ; 
Dauntless  to  the  hiarh  prize  aspire  ; 

Hourly  within  my  soul  renew 

This  holy  flame,  this  heavenly  fire : 
And  day  and  night,  be  all  my  care 
To  guard  the  sacred  treasure  there. 

4  In  suff'ring  be  tliv  love  my  p< 

In  weakm  -^s  be  thy  live  my  power; 
And  when  the  storm's  of  life  shall  cease, 

Jesus,  in  that  important  hour, 
In  death  as  lite  be  thou  my  guide, 
And  save  rue,  who  for  me  hast  died. 

834  c.  m. 

The  race  for  glory. 

AWAKE,  my  soul  !  stretch  every  nerve, 
And  press  with  vigour  on  ; 
A  heavenly  race  demands  thy  zeal, 
And  an  immortal  crown. 

2  'Tis  God's  all-animating  voice 
That  calls  thee  from  on  high; 

'Tis  he  whose  hand  presents  the  prize 
To  thine  aspiring  eye. 

3  A  cloud  of  witnesses  around 
Hold  thee  in  full  survey, 

Forget  the  steps  already  "trod, 
And  onward  urge  thy  way. 

4  Blest  Saviour!  introduced  by  thee, 
Our  lace  have  we  begun  ; 

And,  nrown'd  with  viet'ry,  at  thy  feet 
We  '11  lay  our  trophies  iLwn. 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE.        495 

835  2d  P.  Iff.  6  Una  8s. 

Crucified  with  Christ. 

HUMBLE,  and  teachable,  and  mild, 
O  may  I,  as  a  little  child, 

My  lowly  Master's  steps  pursue ! 
Be  anger  to  my  soul  unknown ; 
Hate,  envy,  jealousy,  be  gone; 

In  love  create  thou  all  things  new. 
2  Let  earth  no  more  my  heart  divide ; 
With  .Christ  may  I  be  crucified  ; 

To  thee  with  my  whole  heart  aspire : 
Dead  to  the  world  and  all  its  toys, 
Its  idle  pomp,  and  fading  joys, 

Be  thou  alone  my  one  desire. 
S  My  wDl  be  swallow'd  up  in  thee ; 
Light  in  thy  light  still  may  I  see, 

Beholding  thee  with  open  face ; 
Call'd  the  mil  power  of  faith  to  prove, 
Let  all  my  hallow'd  heart  be  love, 

And  all  my  spotless  life  be  praise. 
4  Come,  Holy  Ghost,  all-qnick'ning  fire 
My  consecrated  heart  inspire, 

Sprinkled  with  the  atoning  blood : 
Still  to  my  soul  thyself  reveal : 
Thy  mighty  working  may  I  feel, 

And  know  that  I  am  one  with  God. 

836  c.  m. 

Tht  sojourner;  at  the  feet  of  Jesus* 

GOD  of  all  grace  and  majesty, 
Supremely  great  and  good, 
If  I  have  mercy  found  with  thee 

Through  the" atoning-  blood; 
The  girard  of  all  thy  mercies  give, 

And  to  my  pardon  join 
A  fear  lest  I  i  hould  ever  grieve 
The  Comforter  divine. 


tvt>     duties  a:\td  trials. 

2  If  mercy  is  indeed  with  tliee, 
May  I  obedient 

Nor  e'er  abr.se  my  liberty, 
Or  sin  against  thy  lore": 

This  choicest  fruit  of  faith  bestow- 
On  a  poor  sojourner ; 

And  let  me  pass  my  days  below 
In  humbleness  au'd  fear. 

%  Still  may  I  walk  as  in  thy  sight; 

My  strict  observer  see  ; 
And  thou,  by  reverent  love,  unite 

My  child-like  heart  to  thee  : 
Still  let  me,  till  my  days  are  past, 

At  Jesus'  feet  abide  : 
So  shall  be  lift  me  up  at  last, 

And  seat  me  by  hi  side. 

837  1st  P.  M.  6  Vines  8s. 

Pilgrims  and  strangers ;  homeward  bound. 

LEADER  of  faithful  souls,  and  g 
Of  all  that  travel  to  the  sky, 
Come,  and  with  us,  e'en  us,  abide, 
Wh  i  would  on  thee  alone  rely; 
On  thee  alone  our  spirits  stay, 
While  held  in  life's  uneven  way. 

2  Strangers  and  pilgrims  here  below, 
This  earth,  we  know,  is  not  our  p!ac»; 

But  hasten  through  the  vale  of  wo, 
And,  restless  to  behold  thy  i'aee, 
Swift  to  our  heavenly  country  move, 
Our  everlasting  home  above. 

3  "We  've  no  abiding  citv  here, 
But  seek  a  city  out  of  sight; 

Thither  our  steady  course  we  steer, 
Aspiring  to  the  plains  of  light, — 
Jerusalem,  the  saints'  abode, 
Whose  founder  is  the  living  God. 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE.        497 

4  Patient  the'  appointed  race  to  run, 
This  weary  world  we  cast  behind  ; 

From  strength  to  strength  we  travel  on, 

The  New  Jerusalem  to  find : 
Our  labour  this,  our  only  aim, 
To  find  the  New  Jerusalem. 

5  Through  thee,  who  all  our  sins  hast  bome, 
Freely  and  graciously  forgiven, 

With  songs  to  Zion  we  return, 

Contending  for  our  native  heaven; 
That  palace  of  orir  glorious  King, — 
We  find  it  nearer  while  we  sing. 

6  Raised  by  the  breath  of  love  divine, 
We  urge  our  way,  with  strength  renewed 

The  church  of  the  first-born  to  join, 

We  travel  to  the  mount  of  God  : 
With  joy  upon  our  heads  arise, 
And  meet  our  Saviour  in  the  shies. 

838  5th  P.  M.  4  Unca  7s. 

The  pilgrim's  song. 

CHILDREN  of  the  heavenly  King, 
As  we  journey  let  us  sing; 
Sing  our  Saviour's  worthy  piaise, 
Glorious  in  his  works  and  ways. 

2  We  are  trav'liug  home  to  God, 
In  the  way  our  fathers  trod ; 
They  are  happy  now,  and  we 
Soon  their  happiness  shall  see. 

3  O  ye  banish'd  seed,  be  glad ; 
Christ  our  Advocate  is  made  : 
Us  to  save  our  flesh  assumes,— 
Brother  to  our  soul  becomes. 

4  Fear  not,  brethren,  joyful  stand 
On  the  borders  of  our  land; 
Jesus  Christ,  our  Father's- Son, 
Bids  us  undismay'd  go  on. 


498       DITTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

5  Lord !  obediently  we  '11  go, 
Gladly  leaving  all  below  : 
Only  thou  our  leader  be, 
And  we  still  will  follow  thee. 

839  c.  m. 

God's  pavilion. 

GRANT  me  within  thy  courts  a  place, 
Among  thy  saints  a  seat, 
Forever  to  behold  thy  face, 
And  worship  at  thy  felt  : — 

2  In  thy  pavilion  to  abide, 
When  ft  mis  of  trouble  blow, 

And  in  thy  tabernacle  hide, 
Secure  from  every  foe. 

3  Seek  ye  my  face  :— without  delay, 
When  thus*  I  hear  thee  speak, 

Mv  heart  would  leap  for  joy,  and  say,— 
Thy  face,  Lord,  will  I  seek. 

4  Then  leave  me  not  when  griefs  assail, 
And  earthly  comforts  flee  ; 

When  father",  mother,  kindred  fail, 
My  God  !  remember  me. 

840  L-  M- 

Tovr  life  is  hid  with  Christ  in  God. 
TTE  faithful  souls,  who  Jesus  know, 

1  If  risen  indeed  with  him  ye  are, 
Superior  to  the  joys  below, 

His  resurrection's  power  declare. 

2  Your  faith  by  holy  tempers  prove  : 
By  actions  show  your  sins  forgiven: 

And  seek  the  glorious  thing?  above, 
And  follow  Christ  your  head  to  heaven. 

3  There  your  exalted  Saviour  see, 
Seated  at  God's  right  hand  again, 

In  all  his  Father's  majesty, 
In  everlasting  pom])  to  reign. 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE.        499 

4  To  him  continually  aspire, 
Contending  for  your  native  place ; 

And  emulate  the  angel  choir, 
And  only  live  to  love  and  praise. 

5  For  -who  by  faith  your  Lord  receive, 
Ye  nothing  seek  or  want  beside  ; 

Dead  to  the  world  and  sin  ye  live ; 
Your  creature-love  is  crucified. 

6  Your  real  life,  with  Christ  conceal'd, 
Deep  in  the  Father's  bosom  lies ; 

Arid  glorious  as  your  Head  reveal'd, 
Ye  soon  shall  meet  him  in  the  skies. 

841  s.  m. 

'Now  we  see  through  a  glass,  darkly. 

THY  way  is  in  the  sea ; 
Thy  paths  we  cannot  trace ; 
Nor  solve,  O  Lord,  the  mystery 
Of  thy  unbounded  grace. 

2  Here  the  dark  veils  of  sense 
Our  captive  souls  surround  ; 

Mysterious  deeps  of  providence 
Our  wond'ring  thoughts  confound. 

3  As  through  a  glass  we  see 
The  wonders  of  thy  love  ; 

How  little  do  we  know  of  thee, 
Or  of  the  joys  above  I 

4  In  part  we  know  thy  will, 
And  bless  thee  for  the  sight : 

Soon  will  thy  love  the  rest  reveal 
In  glory's  clearer  light. 

5  'With  joy  shall  we  survey 
Thy  providence  and  grace  ; 

And  spend  an  everlasting. day 
In  wonder,  love,  and  praise. 


Vr 


509       DUTIES  AM)  TRIALS. 

842  c.  m. 

Walt:  in  fhe  light. 
rALK  in  the  :  thou  know 

That  fellowship  of  love, 
His  Spirit  only  can 

Who  reigns  in  light  above. 

2  Walk  in  the  light !  and  thou  shalt  find 

sart  made  truly  I  lis 
'Is  in  cloudless  light  enshrined, 
In  whom  no  darkness  is. 

3  Walk  in  the  light !  and  thou  shalt  own 
Thy  darfcnes 

t  hath  on"  thee  shone 
In  whicl 

4  Walk  in  the  light !  and  e'en  the  tomb 

Iul  shade  shall  - 
t  il  chase  away  i 

For  Christ  hath  conquer'd  there. 

5  Walk  in  the  light !  thy  path  shall  be 

',  Berene,  and  bright : 
For  God,  by  grace,  shall  dwell  in  thee, 
And  God' himself  is  light. 

843  l.  m. 

Meekness. 

HAPPY  the  meek,  whose  gentle  breast, 
Clear  as  the  summer's  evening  ray, 
Calm  as  the  regions  of  the  blest, 

on  earth  celestial  day. 
2  His  heart  no  broken  friendships  sting; 

No  jars  his  peaceful  tent  invade; 
He  r  sta  beneath  the'  Almighty's  wing, 

Hostile  to  none — of  none  afraid. 

8  Spirit  of  grace  !  all  meek  and  mild, 

Inspire  i  ur  hearts, — our  Boulfi  p 

i  rude  and  wild, 
And  bless  us,  as  we  aim  to  t 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE.        501 

844  S.M. 

Charity,  or  Love. 

HAD  I  the  gift  <rf  tongues, 
Great  God.  without  thy  grr.ee, 
My  loudest  words,  ray  loftiest  songs, 
Would  be  but  sounding  brass. 

2  Though  thon  shouldst  give  me  skill 
Each  myst'ry  to  explain  ; 

Without  a  heart  to  do  thy  will, 
My  knowledge  would  be  vain. 

3  Had  I  such  faith  in  God, 
As  mountains  to  remove, 

No  faith  could  work  effectual  good, 
That  did  not  work  by  love. 

4  Grant,  then,  this  one  request, — 
Whatever  be  denied, — 

That  love  divine  may  rule  my  breast, 
And  all  my  actions  guide. 

845  c.  m. 

Gratitude. 

WHEN  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God, 
My  rising  soul  surveys, 
Transported  with  the  view,  I  'm  lost 
In  wonder,  love,  and  praise. 

2  O  how  can  words  with  equal  warmth 
The  gratitude  declare, 

That  glows  within  my  ravish'd  heart  s- 
But  thou  canst  read  it  there. 

3  To  all  my  weak  complaints  and  cries, 
Thy  mercy  lent  an  ear, 

Ere  yet  my  feeble  thoughts  had  learn'd 
To  form  themselves  in  prayer. 

4  When  in  the  slipp'ry  paths  of  youth, 
With  heedless  steps,  I  ran ; 

Thine  arm,  unseen,  convey'.*!  me  safe, 
And  led  me  up  to  man. 


502       DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

5  Through  hidden  dangers,  toils,  and  deaths, 
It  gently  clear'd  my  way  ; 

And  through  the  pleasing  "snares  of  vice, 
More  to  be  fear'd  than  they. 

6  Through  every  period  of  my  life 
Thy  goodness  I  '11  pursue  ; 

And  after  death,  hi  distant  worlds, 

The  pleasing  theme  renew. 
■J  Through  all  eternity  to  thee 

A  grateful  song  I  '11  raise  ; 
But  O  !  eternity  's  too  short 

To  utter  all  thy  praise. 

846  4th  P.  M.  SSG,  S86. 
Gratitude  evinced  b;/  living  to  God's  glory. 

BE  it  mv  onlv  wisdom  here. 
To  serve  the  Lord  with  filial  fear, 

With  loving  gratitude  : 
Superior  sense  may  I  display, 
By  shunning  every  evil  way; 

And  walking  in  the  good. 
2  O  may  I  still  from  sin  depart; 
A  wise  and  understanding  heart, 

Jesus,  to  me  be  given  : 
And  let  me  through  thy  Spirit  know 
To  glorify  my  God  below, 

And  find  my  way  to  heaven. 

847  L-  *• 

Security  and  safety. 

GOD  is  our  refuge  and  defence ; 
In  trouble  our  unfailing  aid : 
Secure  in  his  omnipotence, 

What  foe  can  make  our  souls  afraid! 
2  Yea,  thoneh  the  earth's  foundations  rock, 

And  mountains  down  the  gull'  be  hurl"d, 
His  people  smile  amid  the  shock  : 

They  luok  beyond  this  transient  world. 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE.  503 

3  There  is  a  river  pure  and  bright, 

Whose  streams  make  glad  the'heavenly  plains 
Where  in  eternity  of  light 
The  city  of  our  Qpd  remains. 

4  Built  by  the  word  of  his  command, 
•  With  his  unclouded  presence  blest, 
Firm  as  his  throne  the  bulwarks  stand ; 

There  is  our  home,  our  hope,  our  rest. 


848  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

The  good  Shepherd. 

THE  Lord  my  pasture  shall  prepare, 
And  feed  me  with  a  shepherd's  care 
His  presence  shall  my  wants  supply, 
Aud  guard  me  with  a  watchfid  eye  : 
My  noon-day  walks  he  shall  attend, 
And  all  my  midnight  hours  defend. 

2  When  in  the  sultry  glebe  I  faint, 
Or  on  the  thirsty  mountain  pant, 
To  fertile  vales  and  dewy  meads, 
My  weary,  wand'ring  steps  he  leads, 
Where  peaceful  rivers,  soft  and  slow, 
Amid  the  verdant  landscape  flow. 

3  Though  in  a  bare  and  rugged  way, 
Through  devious,  lonely  wilds  I  stray, 
Thy  bounty  shall  my  pains  beguile, 
The  barren  wilderness  shall  smile, 

With  sudden  greens  and  herbage  crown'd, 
And  streams  shall  murmur  all  around. 

4  Though  in  the  paths  of  death  I  tread, 
With  gloomy  horrors  overspread, 

Mv  steadfast  heart  shall  fear  no  ill, 
For  thou,  O  Lord,  art  with  me  still  : 
Thy  friendly  crook  shall  give  me  aid, 
And.  guide  me  through  the  dreadful  shade. 


OU4  DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

819  27th  P.  M.  4  lines  lis. 

the  care  of  the  good  Shepherd. 

THE  Lord  is  myShepherd,  no  want  shall  I  k:i  w  ; 
I  in  green  pastures,  safe-folded  I  rest ; 
th  my  soul  where  the  still  waters  ft  w, 
n  q  me  when  wand'ring,  redeems  when 
oppress'd. 
2  Through    the   valley   and   shadow   of   death 
though  I  stray, 
Since  thou  art  my  guardian,  no  evil  I  fear; 
Thy  rod  shall  defend  me,  thy  staff  be  my 

ISo  harm  can  befall,  with  my  Comforter  near. 
8  In  the  midst  of  affliction  my  table  is  spread  ; 

With  blessings  unmeasured  my  cup  runneth    Yr; 
With  oil  and  perfume  thou  anointest  my  head ; 

O  what  shall  I  ask  of  thy  providence  more S 
4  Let  goodness  and  mercy,  my  bountiful  G"d, 
Uow  my  steps  till  I  meet  thee  above ; 
I  seek — by  the  path  which  my  forefathers  trod, 
Through  the  land  of  their  "sojourn — thy  king- 
dom  of  love. 

850  c.  m. 

Are  i.isi,  r.ot  all  ministering  spirits? 


w 


\niIOH  of  the  monarch*  of  the  earth 
Can  bt  ast  a  guard  like  ours, — 
Encircled  from  our  second  birth 
With  all  the  heavenly  powers! 

la  of  bright,  cherubic  bands, 
the  Kl: -_-  of  I 
bear  us  in  their  hands, 
Ami  shade  us  with  their  wings, 
we  go,  attend 

nle; 

ir  charge  defend, 
And  evil  turn  a 


GROWTH  m  GRACE.        50i 

4  Our  lives  focse  holy  angels  keep 
From  every  hostile  power ; 

And,  imconeerrrd,  we  sweetly  sleep, 
As  Adam  in  his  bower. 

5  And  when  onr  spirits  we  resign, 
On  outstretch'd  wings  they  bear, 

And  lodge  us  in  the  arms  divine, 
And  leave  us  ever  there. 


85 1  24th  P.  M.  66,  66,  86,  86 

The  guardianship  of  angeh. 

"V"E  simple  souls,  that  stray 

1  Far  from  the  path  of  peace, 
That  nnfrequented  way 

To  life  and  happiness  : 
How  long  will  ye  your  folly  love, 

And  throng  the  downward  road, 
And  hate  the  wisdom  from  above- 

And  mock  the  sons  of  God  1 

2  So  wretched  and  obscure, 
The  men  whom  ye  despise, 

So  foolish,  weak,  and  poor, — 
Above  your  scorn  we  rise  : 

Our  conscience  in  the  Holy  Ghost,- 
Can  witness  better  things  ; 

For  He  whose  blood  is  all  our  boast, 
Hath  made  us  priests  and  kings. 

S  Riches  unsearchable 

In  Jesus'  love  we  know ; 
And  pleasures  from  the  well 

Of  life,  onr  souls  o'erflow  : 
From  him  the  Spirit  we  receive 

Of  wisdom,  grace,  and  pc  wer ; 
And  always  sorrowful  we  live, 

Rejoicing  evermore. 


506       DUTIES   AXD  TRIALS. 

4  Angels  our  servants  are, 

And  keep  in  all  our  ways, 
And  in  their  hands  they  bear 

The  sacred  sons  of  grace  : 
Our  guardians  to  that  heavenly  bliss, 

They  all  our  steps  attend; 
And  God  himself  our  Father  is, 

And  Jesus  is  our  friend. 


852  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8a. 

The  final  conquest  explains  all  mysteries. 

THOU,  Lord,  on  whom  I  still  depend, 
Shalt  keep  me  faithful  to  the  end  : 

1  trust  thy  truth,  and  lave,  and  power, 
Shall  save  me  till  my  latest  hour ; 
And  when  I  lay  this  body  down, 
Reward  with  an  immortal  crown. 

2  Jesus,  in  thy  great  name  I  go, 
To  conquer  death,  my  fim. 

And  when  I  quit  this"  cumbrous  clay, 
And  soar  on  angels'  wings  away, 
My  soul  the  second  death  defies, 
And  reigns  eternal  in  the  skies. 

3  Eye  hath  net  seen,  nor  ear  hath  heard, 
What  Christ  has  for  his  saints  prepared, 
Who  conquer  through  their  Saviour's  might, 
Who  sink  into  perfection's  height, 

And  trample  death  beneath  their  feet, 
And  gladly  die  their  Lord  to  meet. 

4  Dost  thou  desire  to  know  or  see 
What  thy  mysterious  name  shall  bel 
Contending  for  thy  heavenly  home, 
Thv  latest  foe  in  death  o'ercome ; — 
Till  then  thou  searchest  out  in  vain, 
What  only  conquest  can  explain. 


HUITILIATIOX. 


UNFAITHFULNESS  MOURNED. 

853  C.  M. 

Lamenting  spiritual  sloth. 
"]\  ]Y  drowsy  powers,  why  sleep  ye  so  ? 
1VL  Awake,'my  sluggish  soul: 
Nothing  hath  half  thy  work  to  do, 
Yet  nothing  's  half  so  dull. 

2  Go  to  the  ants !  for  one  poor  grain 
See  how  they  toil  and  strive ; 

-Yet  we  who  have  a  heaven  to'  ohtain, 
How  negligent  we  live  ! — 

3  We,  for  whose  sake  all  nature  stands, 
And  stars  their  courses  move  ; 

We,  for  whose  guard  the  angel  bands 
Come  flying  from  above  : — 

4  We,  for  whom  God  the  Son  came  down, 
And  labour'd  for  our  good ; 

How  careless  to  secure  that  crown 
He  purchased  with  his  blood ! 

5  Lord,  shall  we  live  so  sluggish  still, 
And  never  act  our  parts  ? 

Come,  holy  Dove,  from  the'  heavenly  hill, 
And  warm  our  frozen  hearts ! 

6  Give  us  with  active  warmth  to  move, 
With  vig'rous  souls  to  rise  ; 

With  hands  of  faith,  and  wings  of  love, 
To  fly  and  take  the  prize. 

854  l.  m. 

Zeal  implored. 

OTHOU,  who  all  things  canst  control, 
Chase  this  dread  slumber  from  my  soul, 
"With  joy  and  fear,  with  love  and  awe, 
Give  me  to  keep  thy  perfect  law. 


508  HUMILIATION. 

2  O  may  one  beam  of  thy  blest  light 
Pierce  through,  dispel,  the  Bhade  of  night: 
Touch  my  cold  breast  with  heavenly  fire; 
■\Vith  holy,  conqu'ring  zeal  iuspire. 

3  For  zeal  I  sigh,  fur  z;al  I  pant; 
Yet  heavy  is  my  soul,  and  faint : 
AVith  steps  unwav'ring,  undismay'd, 
Give  me  in  all  thy  paths  to  tread. 

4  With  ontstretch'd  hands,  and  streaming  eyes, 
Oft  I  begin  to  grasp  the  prize  :. 

I  grcan,  I  strive,  I  watch,  I  pray; 
But  ah !  my  zeal  soon  dies  away. 

5  The  deadly  slumber  then  I  feel 
Afresh  upon  my  spirit  steal : 

Rise,  Lord,  stir  up  thy  quick'ning  power, 
And  wake  me  that  I  sleep  no  more. 

855  5th  P.  M.  4  lints  7s. 

Instability. 

JESUS,  shall  I  never  he 
Firmly  grounded  upon  thee  ! 
Never  by  thy  w.  ik  abide! 
Never  in  thy  wounds  reside! 

2  O  how  wav'ring  is  my  mind, 
Toss'd  about  with  every  wind; 
O  how  quirkly  doth  my  heart 
From  the  living  God  depart. 

3  Jesus,  let  my  nature  feel 
Thou  art  God  unchangeable  : 
Jah,  Jehovah,  great  I  AM, 
Speak  into  my  soul  thy  Name. 

4  Grant  that  every  moment  I 
May  believe  and  feel  thee  nigh; 
Steadfastly  behold  thy  face, 
'Stablisb/d  with  abiding  grace. 


UNFAITHFULNESS  MOURNED.   509 

858  l.  m. 

Inconstancy  lamented. 
■tTTHEN,  O  mv  Saviour,  shall  it  be, 
TV    That  I  no  more  shall  break  with  thee? 
"When  will  this  war  of  passion  cease, 
And  I  enjoy  a  lasting  peace? 

2  Now  I  repent ;  now  sin  again : 
Now  I  revive ;  and  now  am  slain  : 
Slain  with  the  same  malignant  dart, 
Which,  O!  too  often  wounds  thy  heart. 

3  When,  gracious  Lord,  when  shall  it  be, 
That  I  shall  find  my  all  in  thee, — 

The  fulness  of  thy  promise  prove, 
And  feast  on  thine  eternal  love? 

857  c.  m. 

The  vanity  of  mere  formality.  " 

LOXG  have  I  seem'd  to  serve  thee,  Lord, 
With  unavailing  pain  ; 
Fasted,  and  pray'd,  and  read  thy  word, 
And  heard  it  preach'd  in  vain. 

2  Oft  did  I  with  the'  assembly  join, 
And  near  thy  altar  drew  : 

A  form  of  godliness  was  mine, — 
The  power,  I  never  knew. 

3  I  rested  in  the  outward  law, 
INfor  knew  its  deep  design  : 

The  length  and  breadth,  I  never  saw, 
And  height,  of  love  divine. 

4  To  please  thee,  thus  at  length  I  see, 
Vainly  I  hoped  and  strove  ; 

For  what  are  outward  things  to  thee, 
Unless  they  spring  from  fove  ? 

5  I  see  the  perfect  law  requires 
Truth  in  the  inward  parts ; 

Our  full  consent,  our  whole  desires, 
Our  undivided  hearts. 


510  HUMILIATION. 

6  But  I  of  means  have  made  my  boast; 

Of  means  an  i.  1.1  made  : 
The  spirit  in  the  letter  lost,— 

The  substance,  in  the  shade. 

1  Where  am  I  now,  or  what  my  hope ! 
What  can  my  weakness  do!  * 

Jesus,  to  thee  my  soul  looks  up : 
'Tis  thou  must  make  it  new. 

858  l.  if. 

No  peace  but  in  the  favour  of  God. 

0  WHERE  is  now  that  glowing  love 
That  mark'd  our  anion  with  the  Lord! 
Our  hearts  were  fix'd  on  things  above, 
Nat  could  the  world  a  joy  afford. 

2  Where  is  the  zeal  that  led  us  then 
To  make  our  Saviour's  glory  known! 

That  freed  us  from  the  fear  of  men, 
And  kept  our  eye  on  him  alone ! 

3  Where  are  the  happy  seasons,  spent 
In  fellowship  with  hmi  we  loved! 

The  sacred  .joy,  the  sweet  content, 
The  blessedness  that  then  we  proved! 

4  Behold,  again  we  turn  to  thee ; 
O,  cast  us  not  away,  though  vile  : 

No  peace  we  have,  no  joy  we  see, 
O  Lord  our  God,  but  in  thy  smile. 

859  l.  m. 

The  spirit  of  the  ancient  worthies. 

OFOR  that  flame  of  living  fire, 
_    Which  shone  so  bright  in  saints  of  old ; 
Which  bade  their  souls  to  heaven  aspire,— 

Calm  in  distress,  in  danger  bold. 
2  Where  is  that  Spirit,  Lord,  which  dwelt 

In  Abrah'm's  breast,  and  seal'd  him  thine! 
Which  made  Panl's  heart  with  sorrow  meit, 
And  glow  with  energy  uiviue  ?— 


UNFAITHFULNESS  MOURNED.   511 

3  That  Spirit,  which  from  age  to  age 
Proclaim'd  thy  love,  and  taught  thy  ways! 

Brighten'd  Isaiah's  vivid  page, 
And  breathed  in  David's  hallow'd  lays ! 

4  Is  not  thy  grace  as  mighty  now 
As  when  Elijah  felt  its  power ; 

"When  glory  beam'd  from  Closes'  brow, 
Or  Job  endured  the  trying  hour? 

5  Remember,  Lord,  the  ancient  days ; 
Renew  thy  work  ;  thy  grace  restore  ; 

And  while  to  thee  our  hearts  we  raise, 
On  us  thy  Holy  Spirit  pour. 

g(JO  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

EroTcen  vows  lamented. 

OGOD!  how  often  hath  thine  eai 
To  me  in  willing  mercy  bow'd ; 
"While,  worshipping  thine  altar  near, 

Lowly  I  wept,  and  strongly  vow'd : 
But  ah!  the  feebleness  of  man! 
Have  I  not  vow'd  and  wept  in  vain! 
2  Return,  0  Lord  of  Hosts,  return! 

Behold  thy  servant  in  distress  ; 
My  faithlessness  again  I  mourn ; 

Again  forgive  my  faithlessness ; 
And  to  thine  arms  of  mercy  take, 
And  bless  me  for  the  Saviour's  sake. 

881  s.  Mi 

The  teaming  voice  of  Jesus. 
pRACIOUS  Redeemer,  shake 
VI  This  slumber  from  my  soul ! 
Say  to  me  now, — Awake,  awake ! 

And  Christ  shall  make  thee  whole. 
2  Lay  to  thy  mighty  hand ; 

Alarm  me  in  this  hour ; 
And  make  me  fully  understand 

The  thunder  of  thy  power, 


512  HUXILIATION. 

3  Give  me  on  thee  to  call  — 
Always  I  pray, 

Lest  I  into  temptation  fall,  * 
And  cast  my  shield  aw;.y. 

4  For  each  assault  prepared, 
And  ready  may  I  be  ; 

Forever  standing  on  my  guard, 
And  looking  up  to  tk'ee. 

5  O  do  thou  always  warn 
My  Bonl  of  evil  near; 

When  to  the  right  or  left  I  turn, 
Thy  voice  still  let  me  hear  :— 

6  Come  back !  this  is  the  way ; 
Come  back,  and  walk  therein ; 

O  may  I  hearken  and  obey, 
And  shun  the  paths  of  sin. 

g£2  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8». 

Pleading  for  restoring  grace. 

O'TIS  enough,  my  God,  my  God! 
Here  let  me  give  my  wand'rings  o'er: 
No  longer  trample  on  thy  blood, 

And  grieve  thy  gentleness  no  more ; 
No  more  thy  ling'ring  anger  move, 
Or  sin  against  thy  light  and  love. 

2  O  Lord,  if  mercy  is  with  thee, 

I  it  unto 'me  be  shown  ; 
To  me,  the  chief  of  sinners,  me, 

Who  humbly  for  thy  mercy  groan  : 
Me  to  thy  Father's  grace  restore, 
Nor  let  me  ever  grieve  thee  more. 

3  Fountain  of  unexhausted  love, — 
Of  infinite  compassion, — hear: 

My  Saviour,  and  my  Pnnce  above, 
Once  more  in  my  behalf  appear: 
Repentance,  faith,"  and 
O  let  me  turn  again  a:: !  live  ! 


UNFAITHFULNESS  MOURNED.   513 

§63  c.  m. 

Faint,  yet  pursuing. 

AS  pants  the  tart  for  cooling  streams, 
When  heated  in  the  chase, 
So  longs  my  soul,  O  God,  for  thee, 

And  thy  refreshing  grace. 
2  For  thee,  my  God— the  living  God, 

My  thirsty  soul  doth  pine  ; 
O,  When  shall  I  behold  thy  face, 

Thou  Majesty  divine ! 
S  I  sigh  to  think  of  happier  days, 

"When  thou,  O  Lord,  wast  nigh ; 
When  .every  heart  was  timed  to  praise, 

And  none  more  blest  than  I. 
4  Why  restless,  why  cast  down,  my  soul! 

Hope  still,  and  thou  shalt  sing 
The  praise  of  him  who  is  thy  God, 

Thy  Saviour,  and  thy  King. 

864  c.  m. 

I  shall  be  satisfied  when  I  awake  in  thy  likeness. 
TESUS,  the  all-restoring  Word, 
t)  My  fallen  spirit's  hope, 
After  thy  lovely  likeness,  Lord, 
Ah!  when  shall  I  wake  up? 

2  Thou,  O  my  God,  thou  only  art 
The  Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way ; 

Quicken  my  soul,  instruct  my  heart! 
My  sinking  footsteps  stay. 

3  Of  all  thou  hast  in  earth  below, 
In  heaven  above,  to  give, 

Give  me  thy  only  love  to  know,— 
In  thee  to  walk  and  live. 

4  Fill  me  with  all  the  life  of  love ; 
In  mystic  union  join 

Me  to  thyself,  and  let  me  prove 
Tie  fellowship  divine. 

17 


514  HUMILIATION. 

5  Open  the  intercourse  between 

My  longing  soul  and  thee, 
Never  to  be  broke  off  again 

To  all  eternity. 

865  s.  M. 

Restore  my  peace. 

AXD  wilt  thou  yet  be  found, 
And  may  I  still  draw  near! 
Then  listen  to  the  plaintive  sound 
Of  a  poor  sinner's  prayer. 

2  Jesus,  thine  aid  afford, 

It'  still  the  same  thou  art : 
To  thee  I  look,  to  thee,  my  Lord, 
I  lift  my  helpless  heart. 

3  Thou  seest  my  troubled  breast, 
The  strugglings  of  my  will, 

The  foes  that  interrupt  my  rest, 
The  agonies  I  feel. 

4  O  my  offended  Lord, 
Restore  my  inward  peace ; 

1  know  thou  canst;  pronounce  the  word, 
And  bid  the  tempest  cease. 

5  I  long  to  see  thy  face ; 
Thy  Spirit  I  implore, — 

Th^  iiving  water  of  thy  grace, 
That  I  may  thirst  no  more. 

866  l-  «• 

Danger  of  final  apostasy. 

AH!  Lord,  with  trembling  I  confess, 
A  gracious  6oul  may  fall  from  gTace ; 
The  salt  may  lose  its  seas'ning  power, 
And  never,  never  find  it  more. 

2  Lest  that  my  fearful  case  should  be, 
Each  momentknit  my  soul  to  thee ; 
And  lead  me  to  the  mount  above. 
Through  the  low  vale  of  humble  love. 


EACKSLIDINGS  LAMENTED.   515 

BACKSLIDINGS   LAMENTED. 

867  L-  M- 

Lukewarmness. 
P\OT>  of  unspotted  purity, 
\JT  Us,  and  our  works,  canst  thou  behold  1 
Justly  are  they  abhorr'd  by  thee, 

Whose  works  are  neither  hot  nor  cold. 

2  Better  that  we  had  never  known 

The  way  to  heaven,  through  saving  grace, 
Than  basely  in  our  Lives  disown, 
And  slight  and  mock  thee  to  thy  face. 

3  O  let  us  our  own  works  forsake ; 
Ourselves  and  all  we  have  deny : 

Thy  condescending  counsel  take  ; 
And  come  to  thee,  pure  gold  to  buy. 

4  O  may  we  through  thy  grace  attain 
The  faith  thou  never  wilt  reprove ; — 

The  faith  that  purges  every  stain, — 
The  faith  that  always  works  by  love. 

868  .  l-  m. 

Humble  confession. 

SAVIOUR,  I  now  with  shame  confess 
My  thirst  for  creature  happiness  ; 
By  base  desires  I  wrong'd  thy  love, 
Aid  forced  thy  mercy  to  remove. 

2  Yet,  O  the  riches  of  thy  grace  ! 
Thou,  who  hast  seen  my  evil  ways, 
"Wilt  freely  my  backslidings  heal, 
And  pardon  on  my  conscience  seal. 

3  Yea,  for  thy  truth  and  mercy's  sake, 
My  comfort  thou  wilt  give  me  back ; 
And  lead  me  on  from  grace  to  grace, 
Jfi  ali  the  paths  of  righteousness ; 


516  HUMILIATION. 

4  Till  throughly  saved  my  cew-born  soul, 
And  perfectly  by  faith  made  whole, 
Shall  blight  in  thy  full  image  vise, 
To  share" thy  glory  in  the  skies. 

809  c-  *■ 

Lamenting  the  absence  of  the  Spirit. 

OFOR  a  closer  walk  with  God,— 
A  calm  and  heavenly  frame ; 
A  light  to  shine  upon  the  road 
That  leads  me  to  the  Lamb. 

2  Where  is  the  blessedness  I  knew, 
When  first  I  saw  the  Lord! 

Where  is  the  soul-refreshing  view 
Of  Jesus  and  his  word  ? 

3  What  peaceful  hours  I  once  enjoy:d ! 
How  sweet  their  menrry  still ! 

But  they  have  left  an  aching  void 
The  world  can  never  fill. 

4  Return,  O  holy  Dove,  return, 
Sweet  messenger  of  rest : 

I  hate  the  sins  that  made  thee  mourn, 
And  drove  thee  from  my  breast. 

5  The  dearest  idol  I  have  known, 
Whate'er  that  idol  be, 

Help  me  to  tear  it  from  thy  throne, 
And  worship  only  thee. 

6  So  shall  my  walk  be  close  with  God, 
Calm  and  serene  my  frame  ; 

So  purer  light  shall  mark  the  road 
That  leads  me  to  the  Lamb. 

870  c- M- 

Mourning  departed  joys. 

SWEET  was  the  time  when  first  I  felt 
The  Saviour's  pard'ning  blood 
Applied  to  cleanse  my  soul  from  guilt, 
And  bring  me  home  to  God. 


BACKSLIDINGS  LAMENTED.  51? 

2  Soon  as  the  morn  the  light  reveal'd, 
His  praises  tuned  my  tongue  ; 

And  when  the  evening'  shades  prevail'd, 
His  love  was  all  my  song. 

3  In  prayer  my  soul  drew  near  the  Lord, 
And  saw  his  glory  shine  ; 

And  when  I  read  his  holy  word, 
I  call'd  each  promise  mine. 

4  But  now,  when  evening  shade  prevails, 
My  soul  in  darkness  mourns  ; 

And  when  the  morn  the  light  reveals, 
No  light  to  me  returns. 

5  Rise,  Lord,  and  help  me  to  prevail; 
O  make  my  soul  thy  care ; 

1  know  thy  mercy  cannot  fail ; — 
Let  me  that  mercy  share. 

871  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8a. 

Seal  my  hackslidings. 

0  JESUS,  full  of  truth  and  grace,— 
More  full  of  grace  than  I  of  sin, — 
Yet  once  again  I  seek  thy  face; 

Open  thine  arms  and  take  me  in! 
And  freely  my  backslidings  heal, 
And  love  the  faithless  sinner  still. 

2  Thou  know'st  the  way  to  bring  me  back,-* 
My  fallen  spirit  to  restore  ; 

O !  for  thy  truth  and  mercy's  sake, 
Forgive,  and  bid  me  sin  no  more  : 

The  ruins  of  my  soul  repair, 

And  make  my  heart  a  house  of  prayer. 

S  Ah,  give  me,  Lord,  the  tender  heart, 
That  trembles  at  the'  approach  of  sin ; 

A  godly  fear  of  sin  impart; 

Implant  and  root  it  deep  within, 

That  I  may  dread  thy  gracious  power, 

And  never  dare  to'  offend  thee  more, 


518  HUMILIATION. 

872  S.  M. 
Restore  my  peace. 

0  JESUS  !  full  of  grace, 
To  thee  I  make  mv  moan  : 
Let  me  again  behold  thy  face- 
Call  home  thy  banish'd  one. 

2  Again  my  pardon  seal, 
Again  my  soul  restore, 

And  freely  my  backslidings  heal, 
And  bid  me"  sin  no  more. ' 

3  Wilt  thou  not  bid  me  rise  ? 
Speak,  and  my  sonl  shall  live  ; 

Forgive,— my  gasping  spirit  cries.— 
Abundantly  forgive. 

4  Thiue  utmost  mercy  show; 
Say  to  my  drooping  soul, — 

In  peace  and  full  assurance  go ; 
Thy  faith  hath  made  thee  whole. 

873  c.  m. 

Loss  of  first  love. 

OTHAT  I  were  as  heretofore, 
When,  warm  in  my  first  love, 

1  only  lived  my  God  to'  adore, 
And  seek  the  things  above. 

2  Upon  my  head  his  candle  shone, 
And,  lavish  of  his  grace, 

With  cords  of  love  he  drew  me  on, 
And  half  unveil'd  his  face. 

3  Far,  far  above  all  earthly  things 
Triumphantly  I  rode ; 

I  soar'd  to  heaven  on  eagles'  wings, 
And  found,  and  talk'd  with  God. 

4  Where  am  I  now  ?  from  what  a  heighj'i 
Of  happiness  cast  down ! 

The  glory  swallow'd  up  in  night, 
And  Med  is  the  crown., 


BACKSLIDINGS  LAMENTED.  519 

5  O  God,  thou  art  my  home,  my  rest, 

For  -which  I  sigh  in  pain  ; 
How  shall  I  'scape  into  thy  breast? 

My  Eden  how  regain? 

874  s- M- 

God's  absence  deprecated. 

OTHOU,  whose  mercy  hears 
Contrition's  humble  sigh ; 
Whose  hand,  indulgent,  wipes  the  tears 
From  sorrow's  weeping  eye ; — 

2  See,  at  thy  throne  of  grace, 
A  wretched  wand'rer  mourn  : 

Hast  thou  not  bid  me  seek  thy  face  1 
Hast  thou  not  said, — Return  ? 

3  Shall  guilty  fears  prevail 
To  drive  me  from  thy  feet? 

O  let  not  this  last  refuge  fail, — 
This  only  safe  retreat. 

4  Absent  from  thee,  my  Light, 
Without  one  cheering  ray, — 

Through  dangers,  fears,  and  gloomy  night, 
How  desolate  my  way ! 

5  On  this  benighted  heart, 
With  beams  of  mercy  shine ; 

And  let  thy  voice  again  impart 
A  taste  of  joy  divine. 

875  12th  P.  M.  76,  76,  78,  76. 
The  deceitfulness  of  sin. 

TESUS,  friend  of  sinners,  hear 
»J   Yet  once  again,  I  pray ; 
From  my  debt  of  sin  set  'clear, 

For  I  have  naught  to  pay : 
Speak,  O  speak  the  kind  release  ; 

A  poor  backsliding  soul  restore  ; 
Love  me  freely,  seal  my  peace, 

And  bid  me  sin  no  more. 


520  HUMILIATION. 

2  For  my  selfishness  and  pride 
Thou  hast  withdrawn  thy  grace ; 

Left  me  h-ng  to  wander  wide, 

An  outcast  from  thy  face  ; 
But  I  now  my  sins  confess, 

And  mercy^  mercy,  I  implore ; 
Love  me  freely,  seal  my  peace, 

And  bid  me  sin  no  more. 

3  Sin's  deceitfulness  hath  spread 
A  hardness  o'er  mv  heart; 

But  if  thou  thy  Spirft  shed, 

The  stony  shall  depart : 
Shed  thy  lnve,  thy  tenderness, 

And  let  me  feel  thy  soft'ning  power  ; 
Love  me  freely,  eealmy  peace,. 

And  bid  me  sin  no  more. 

876  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  8s. 

Seeking  restoration. 

WHERE  is  the  Saviour  now, 
Whose  smiles  I  once  possessed! 
Till  he  return,  I  bow, 
By  heavy  grief  oppress'd  : 
My  days  of  happiness  are  gone, 
And  I  "am  left  to  weep  alone. 

2  Where  can  the  mourner  go, 
And  tell  his  tale  of  grief? 

Ah,  who  can  soothe  his  wo, 
Ah,  who  can  give  relief! 
Earth  cannot  heal  the  wounded  breast, 
Or  give  the  troubled  conscience  rest. 

3  Jesus,  thy  smiles  impart ; 
My  gracious  Lord,  return, 

Bind"  up  my  broken  heart, 
And  bid  "me  cease  to  moum  : 
Then  shall  this  night  of  sorrow  flee, 
And  peace  and  heaven  be  found  in  thee. 


BACKSLIDINGS  LAMENTED.  521 
§77  10th  P.  M.  8  lines  8a. 

Forgiveness  implored. 

HOW  shall  a  lost  sinner  in  pain, 
Recover  his  forfeited  peace  ? 
When  brought  into  bondage  again, 

What  hope  of  a  second  release  1 
Will  mercy  itself  be  so  kind 

To  spare"  a  backslider  like  me  2 
And  O,  can  I  possibly  find 

Such  plenteous  redemption  in  thee  J 
2  O  Jesus,  of  thee  I  inquire, 

If  still  thou  art  able  to  save, — 
The  brand  to  pluck  out  of  the  fire, 

And  ransom  my  soul  from  the  grave 
The  help  of  thy  Spirit  restore  ; 

O,  show  me  the  life-giving  blood ; 
And  pardon  a  sinner  once  more, 

And  bring  me  again  unto  God. 

878  c.  m. 

Vain  repentances. 

TIMES  without  number  have  I  pray'd,— 
This  only  once  forgive  ; 
Kelapsing  when  thy  hand  was  stay'd, 

And  suffer'd  me  to  live  : 
2  Yet  now  the  kingdom  of  thy  peace, 

Lord,  to  my  heart  restore  ; 

Forgive  my  vain  repentances, 

And  bid  me  sin  no  more. 

879  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
Resolution  to  return. 

■yES,  from  this  instant,  now,  I  will 
1    To  my  offended  Father  cry ; 
Mv  base  ingratitude  I  feel ; 

Vilest  of  all  thy  children,  I ; 
Not  worthy  to  be  call'd  thy  son ; 
Yet  will  I  thee  my  Father  own, 


►22  HUMILIATION. 

2  Guide  of  my  life  hast  thou  not  been, 
And  rescued  me  from  passion's  power  1 

Ten  thousand  times  preserved  from  sin, 

Nop  let  the  greedy  grave  devour? 
And  wilt  thou  now  thy  wrath  retain, 
Nor  ever  love  thy  child  again! 

3  If  thou  hast  call'd  me  Jx>  return,— 
If  weeping  at  thy  feet  I  fell, — 

The  prodigal  thou  wilt  not  spurn, 

But  pity  and  forgive  me  all, 
In  answer  to  my  Friend  above, — 
In  honour  of  his  bleeding  love. 

880  s.  m. 

The  wanderer  returning. 

HOW  oft  this  wretched  heart 
Has  wander'd  from  the  Lord ; 
How  oft  my  roving  thoughts  depart, 
Forgetful  of  his  word. 

2  Yet  mercy  calls—Return; 
Saviour,  to  thee  I  come  : 

My  vile  ingratitude  I  mourn; 
O  take  the  wand'rer  home ! 

3  Thy  love,  so  free,  so  sweet, 
Ble'f t  Saviour,  I  adore ; 

O,  keep  me  at  thy  sacred  feet, 
And  let  me  rove  no  more. 

881  s-  "■ 

Restored  by  grace. 
TESUS,  if  thy  free  grace 
J   Again  hath  raised  me  up. 
And  call'd  me  still  to  seek  thy  face, 

And  given  me  back  my  hope, — 
Thy  timely  help  afford, 

Thy  loving-kindness  show ; 
O  keep  me,  lceep  me,  gracious  Lord, 
And  never  let  me  go. 


BACKSLIDINGS  LAMENTED.  523 

Q  By  me,  my  Saviour,  stand, 

In  sore  temptation's  hour ; 
O  save  me  with  thine  out-stretch'd  hand, 

And  shew  forth  all  thy  power. 
Be  mindful  of  thy  word ; 

Sufficient  grace  bestow ; 
O  keep  me,  keep  me,  gracious  Lord, 

And  never  let  me  go. 

3  Give  me  a  holy  fear, 

And  fix  it  in  my  heart ; 
That  thus  I  may  'from  evil  near 

With  timely  care  depart; 
Be  every  sin  abhorr'd, 

Till  thou  destroy  the  foe  ; 
O  keep  me,  keep  me,  gracious  Lord, 

And  never  let  me  go. 

882  s.  m. 

Rejoicing  in  Christ's  restoring  love. 

0  SPEAK  that  word  again  ; 
It  cheers  my  drooping  heart : 
How  sweetly  doth  it  soothe  my  pain, 
And  bid  my  fears  depart. 

2  And  dost  thou  deign  to  own 
A  worm  so  vile  as  II 

And  may  I  still  approach  thy  throne, 
And  Abba,  Father,  cry  ? 

3  My  Saviour,  by  his  word, 
Hath  turn'd  my  night  to  day ; 

And  all  those  heavenly  joys  restored, 
Which  I  had  sinn'd  away. 

4  I  wonder  and  adore  : 
The  grace  is  all  divine  : 

Lord,  keep  me,  that  I  sin  no  more 
Against  such  love  as  thine. 


»34  HUMUJATIOH. 

883  12th  P.  M.  76,  70,  I?,  76. 

Tears  of  joy. 

LORD,  and  is  thine  anger  gone,— 
And  art  thou  pacified! 
After  all  that  I  have  done, 

Dost  thou  no  longer  chide* 
Let  thy  love  my  heart  constrain, 

And  all  my  restless  passions  sway : 
Keep  me,  lest  I  turn  again 
Out  of  the  narrow  way. 

2  To  the  cross,  thine  altar,  bind 
Me  with  the  cords  of  love ; 

Freedom  never  let  me  find 
From  thee,  my  Lord,  to  move  : 

That  I  never,  never  more 

May  with  my  much-loved  Master  part, 

To  the  posts  of  mercy's  door, . 
O  nail  my  willing  heart ! 

3  Pee  my  utter  helplessness, 
And  leave  me  not  alone ; 

O  preserve  in  perfect  peace, 

And  seal  me  for  thine  own : 
More  and  more  thyself  reveal, 

Thy  presence  let  me  always  find 
Comfort,  and  confirm,  and  heal 

My  feeble,  sin-sick  mind. 

4  As  the  apple  of  thine  eye, 
Thy  weakest  servant  keep ; 

Help"  me  at  thy  feet  to  lie, 

Aid  there  forever  weep  : 
Tears  of  joy  mine  eyes  oVrflow, 

That  I  have  any  hope  of  heaven ; 
Much  of  love  I  ought  to  know, 

For  1  have  much  forgiven. 


REJOICING: 


DELIVERANCE   FROM  TROUBLE. 

884  s-  M- 

Tie  loving-kindness  of  the  Lord. 

0  BLESS  the  Lord,  my  soul ; 
His  grace  to  thee  proclaim ; 
And  all  that  is  within  me,  join 

To  Mess  his  holy  Name. 
2  The  Lord  forgives  thy  sins, — 

Prolongs  thy  feeble  breath ; 
He  healeth  th'ine  infirmities, 

And  ransoms  thee  from  death. 
S  He  clothes  thee  with  his  love,- 

Upholds  thee  with  his  truth ; 
And  like  the  eagle  he  renews 

The  vigour  of  thy  youth. 
4  Then  bless  his  holy  Name 

Whose  grace  hath  made  thee  whole ; 
Whose  loving-kindness  crowns  thy  days : 

0  bless  the  Lord,  my  soul. 

885  C.  M. 

Grateful  acknowledgment. 

I  LOVE  the  Lord  :  he  heard  my  cries, 
And  pitied  every  groan  : 
Long  as  I  live,  when  troubles  rise, 

1  '11  hasten  to  his  throne. 

2  I  love  the  Lord  :  he  bow'd  his  ear, 
And  chased  my  grief  away : 

O  let  my  heart  no  more  despair, 
While  I  have  breath  to  pray. 

3  The  Lord  beheld  me  sore  distress M ; 
He  bade  my  pains  remove  : 

Return,  my  soul,  to  God  thy  rest, 
For  thou  hast  known  his  love. 


526  REJOICING  IN 

88G  25th  P.  M.  77,  87,  77,  S7. 

Fearless  in  the  fire  of  tribulation. 

HEAD  of  the  Church  triumphant, 
We  joyfully  adore  thee  ; 
Till  thou  appear,  thy  members  here 

Shall  sing  like  those  ia  glory  : 
We  lift  our  hearts  and  voices 

With  blest  anticipation ; 
And  cry  aloud,  and  give  to  God 
The  praise  of  our  salvation. 

2  Thou  dost  conduct  thy  people 
Through  torrents  of  temptation ; 

Nor  will  we  fear,  while  thou  art  near, 

The  fire  of  tribulation  : 
The  world,  with  sin  and  Satan, 

In  vain  our  march  opposes ; 
By  thee  we  shall  break  through  them  all, 

"And  sing  the  song  of  Moses. 

3  By  faith  we  see  the  glory 

To  which  thou  shalt  restore  us; 
The  cross  despise  for  that  high  prize 

Which  thou  hast  set  before  us : 
And  if  thou  count  us  worthy, 

We  each,  as  dyin?  Stephen, 
Shall  see  thee  stand,  at  God's  right  hand, 

To  take  us  up  to  heaven. 

887  25th  p-  M-  "7>  87>  77>  87» 

Triumphing  in  delivering  grace. 
VyORSHIP,  and  thanks,  and  blessing, 
»Y    And  strength  ascribe  to  Jesus; — 
Jesus  alone  defends  his  own, 

When  earth  and  hull  oppress  us. 
Jesus  with  joy  we  witness, 

Almighty  to  deliver; 
Our  seals  set  to,  that  God  is  true, 

And  reigns  a  King  forever. 


DELIVERANCE  FROM  TROUBLE.    527 

2  Omnipotent  Redeemer, 

Our  ransom 'd  souls  adore  thee; 
Our  Saviour  thou,  we  find  it  now, 

And  give  thee  ail  the  glory. 
We  sing  thine  arm  unshorten'd, 

Brought  through  our  sore  temptation : 
With  heart  and  voice  in  thee  rejoice, 

The  God  of  our  salvation. 

3  The  world's  and  Satan's  malice, 
Thou,  Jesus,  hast  confounded  ; 

And  hy  thy  grace,  with  songs  of  praise, 

Our  happy  souls  resounded. 
Accepting  our  deliv'rance, 

We  triumph  in  thy  favour ; 
And  for  the  love  which  now  we  prove, 

Shall  praise  thy  name  forever. 

@88  lst  p-  M-  6  lines  8s. 

The  ever-present  Saviour. 

JESUS,  to  thee  our  hearts  we  lift, 
Our  hearts  with  love  to  thee  o'erflow, 
With  thanks  for  thy  continued  gift, 

That  still  thy  gracious  Name  we  know; 
Retain  our  sense  of  sin  forgiven, 
And  wait  for  all  our  inward  heaven. 

2  What  mighty  troubles  hast  thou  shown 
Thy  feeble,  tempted  foll'wers  here  : 

We  have  through  fire  and  water  gone ; 

But  saw  thee  on  the  floods  appear, 
And  felt  thee  present  in  the  flame, 
And  shouted  our  Deliv'rers  name. 

3  Thou  who  hast  kept  us  to  this  hour, 
O  keep  us  faithful  to  the  end! 

When,  rohed  in  majesty  and  power, 

Our  Jesus  shall  from  heaven  descend, 
His  friends  and  witnesses  to  own, 
And  seat  us  on  his  glorious  throne. 


528  REJOICING  IN 

889  l.  m. 

God,  my  glory  and  my  shield. 

THE  tempter  to  my  soul  hath  said,— 
There  is  no  help  in  God  for  thee : 
Lord,  lift  thou  up  thy  servant's  head ; 
My  glory,  shield,  and  solace  be. 

2  Thus  to  the  Lord  I  raised  my  cry ; — 
He  heard  me  from  his  holy  hill ; 

At  his  command  the  waves  roll'd  by ; 
He  beckon'd, — and  the  winds  were  still, 

3  I  laid  me  down  and  slept, — I  woke ; 
Thou,  Lord,  my  spirit  didst  sustain ; 

Bright  from  the  east  the  morning  broke,— 
Thy  comforts  rose  on  me  again. 

4  I  will  not  fear,  though  armed  throngs 
Surround  my  steps  in  all  their  wrath ; 

Salvation  to  the  Lord  belongs ; 
His  presence  guards  his  people's  path. 

890  L-  M- 

His  everlasting  arms  of  love. 

HOW  do  thy  mercies  close  me  round  1 
Forever  be  thy  Name  adored ; 

1  blush  in  all  things  to  abound; 
The  servant  is  above  his  Lord. 

2  Inured  to  poverty  and  pain, 

A  suff 'ring  life  my  Master  led ; 
The  Son  of  "God,  the  Son  of  man, 
He  had  not  where  to  lay  his  head. 

3  Bnt  lo !  a  place  he  hath  prepnred 
For  me,  whom  watchful  angels  keep; 

Yea,  he  himself  becomes  my  guard; 
He  smooths  my  bed,  and  "gives  me  sleep. 


4  Jesus  protects ;  my  fears,  1 
What  can  the  Rock  of  Ages  move  ! 

Safe  in  thy  arms  I  lay  me  down, — 
Thine  everlasting  arms  of  love. 


DELIVERANCE  FROM  TROUBLE.  529 

891  L- M- 

Continued. — Confident  security. 
"HTKILE  thou  art  intimately  nigb, 
VV    Who,  who  shall  violate  my  rest! 
Sin,  earth,  and  hell,  I  now  defy : 

I  lean  upon  my  Saviour's  breast. 
2  I  rest  beneath  the'  Almighty's  shade, 

My  griefs  expire,  my  troubles  cease ; 
Thou,  Lord,  on  whom  my  soul  is  stay'd, 

Wilt  keep  me  still  in  perfect  peace. 
S  Me  for  thine  own  thou  lov'st  to  take, 

In  time  and  in  eternity; 
Thou  never,  never  wilt  forsake 

A  helpless  worm  that  trusts  in  thee. 

892  s.  m. 

Steadfast  reliance  upon  the  promises, 

AWAY,  my  needless  feara, 
And  doubts,  no  longer  mine; 
A  ray  of  heavenly  light  appears,— 
A  messenger  divine. 

2  Thrice  comfortable  hope, 
That  calms  my  troubled  breast ; 

My  Father's  hand  prepares  the  cup, 
And  what  he  wills  is  best. 

3  If  what  I  wish  is  good, 
And  suits  the  will  divine, — 

By  earth  and  hell  in  vain  withstood, 
I  know  it  shall  be  mine. 

4  Still  let  them  counsel  take 
To  frustrate  his  decree  ; 

They  cannot  keep  a  blessing  back, 
By  Heaven  design'd  for  me. 

5  Here  then  I  doubt  no  more, 
But  in  his  pleasure  rest ; 

Whose  wisdom,  love,  and  truth,  and  power 
Engage  to  make  me  blest. 


530  REJOICING  IN 

893  c.  m. 

Grateful  praise  for  delivering  mercy. 

OTHOU,  who,  -when  we  did  complain, 
Didst  all  our  griefs  remove; 
O  Saviour,  do  not  now  disdain 
Our  humble  praise  and  love. 

2  Since  thou  a  pitying:  ear  didst  give, 
And  hear  us  when  we  pray'd, 

We  '11  call  upon  thee  while  we  live, 
And  never  doubt  thy  aid. 

3  Pale  death,  with  all  his  ghastly  train, 
Our  souls  encompass'd  round  ; 

Anguish,  and  fear,  and  dread,  and  pain, 
On  every  side  we  found. 

4  To  thee,  0  Lord  of  lite,  we  pray'd, 
And  did  for  succour  flee  : 


5  How  good  thou  art !  how  large  thy  grace! 

Hi  >w  ready  to  forgive  ! 
Thy  mercies  crown  our  fleeting  days; 

And  by  thy  love  we  live. 
C  Our  eyes  no  longer  drown'd  in  tears, 

Our  feet  from  falling  free ; 
Redeem'd  from  death  and  guilty  fears, 

O  Lord,  we  '11  live  to  thee. 

894  s.  m. 

All  things  in  Christ. 

THOU  very-present  aid 
In  suff'ri'ng  and  distress; 
The  mind  which  still  on  thee  is  stay'd, 

Is  kept  in  perfect  peace. 
2  The  soul  by  faith  Teelined 
On  the  Redeemer's  breast, 
'Mid  raging  storms,  exults  to  find 
An  everlasting  reft. 


DELIVERANCE  FROM  TROUBLE.  531 

3  Sorrow  and  fear  are  gone, 
"Whene'er  thy  face  appears  ; 

It  stUb  the  sighing  orphan's  moan, 
And  dries  the  widow's  tears. 

4  It  hallows  every  cross ; 
It  sweetly  comforts  me  ; 

Makes  me  forget  my  every  loss, 
And  find  my  all  in  thee. 

5  Jesus,  to  whom  I  fly, 
Doth  all  my  wishes  fill; 

What  though  created  streams  are  dry 
I  have  the  fountain  still. 

6  Stripp'd  of  each  earthly  friend, 
I  find  them  all  in  one  : 

And  peace  and  joy  which  never  end, 
And.  heaven,  in  "Christ,  hegun. 

895  s.  m. 

Afflictions  Messed. 

HOW  tender  is  thy  hand, 
O  thou  most  gracious  Lord ! 
Afflictions  came  at  thy  command, 
And  left  us  at  thy  word. 

2  How  gentle  was  the  rod 
That  chasten'd  us  for  sin  ! 

How  soon  we  found  a  smiling  God 
Where  deep  distress  had  been ! 

3  A  Father's  hand  we  felt, 
A  Father's  love  we  knew : 

'Mid  tears  of  penitence  we  knelt, 
And  found  his  promise  true. . 

4  Now  will  we  liless  the  Lord, 
And  in  his  strength  confide  : 

Jehovah  ever  be  adored, 
There  is  no  God  beside. 


532  REJOICING. 

89G  c.  m. 

The  benefit  of  affliction. 

IORD,  when  to  thee  my  sinking  soul 
J  Did  in  affliction  fly  ; 
Thy  mercy  did  my  griefs  control, 
And  all  my  wants  supply. 

2  How  oft,  when  dark  misfortune's  band 
Around  their  victim  stood, 

The  seeming  ill,  at  thy  command, 
Hath  changed  to  real  good ! 

3  The  tempest  that  obscured  the  sky 
Hath  set  my  spirit  free 

From  earthly  care  and  sensual  joy, 
And  tnm'd  my  thoughts  to  thee. 

4  Affliction's  blast  hath  made  me  learn 
To  feci  for  others'  wo; 

And  humbly  seek,  with  deep  concern, 

]\Iy  own  defects  to  know. 
£  Then  rage,  ye  storms;  ye  billows,  roar; 

My  heart  defies  your  shock  : 
Y>  make  me  cling  to  God  the  more,— 

To  God,  my  sheltering  rock. 

897  c.  m. 

Delivering  grace  celebrated. 

IORD,  thou  hast  heard  thy  servants  cry, 
i  And  rescued  from  the  grave ; 
Now  shall  we  live — for  none  can  die 
Whom  God  delights  to  save. 

2  Thv  praise,  more  constant  than  before, 
Shall  fill  our  daily  breath; 

Thy  hand,  that  hath  chastised  us  sore, 
Defends  us  still  from  death. 

3  Here,  with  the'  assembly  of  thy  saints, 
Our  cheerful  voice  we  raise ; 

Here  we  have  told  thee  our  complaints, 
And  here  we  speak  thy  praise. 


REJOICING: 


COMMUNION  WITH    GOD. 

898  C.  M. 

Praises  to  the  incarnate  Son. 

OFOR  a  thousand  seraph  tongues 
To  bless  the'  incarnate  Word! 
O  for  a  thousand  thankful  songs 
In  honour  of  my  Lord ! 

2  Come,  tune  afresh  your  golden  lyres, 
Ye  angels  round  the  throne ; 

Ye  saints,  in  all  your  sacred  choirs, 
Adore  the'  eternal  Son. 

899  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  8s. 

Rejoice  evermore,  and  in  everything  give  thanks, 
>EJOICE,  the  Lord  is  Kir.g; 
\>  Your  Lord  and  King  adore ; 
Mortals,  give  thanks  and  sing, 
And  triumph  evermore ; 
Lift  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voice ; 
Rejoice,  again  I  say,  rejoice. 

2  Jesus,  the  Saviour,  reigns, 
The  God  of  truth  and  love  ; 

When  he  had  purged  our  stains, 
He  took  his  seat  above ; 
Lift  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voice; 
Rejoice,  again  I  say,  rejoice. 

3  His  kingdom  cannot  fail, — 
He  niles  o'er  earth  and  heaven; 

The  keys  of  death  and  hell 
Are  to  our  Jesus  given ; 
Lift  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voice 
Rejoice,  again  I  say,  rejoice. 


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534  REJOICING  IN 

4  He  sits  at  God's  right  hand 
Till  all  his  fees  submit, 

And  bow  to  bis  command, 
And  fall  beneath  his  feet ; 
Lift  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voice ; 
Rejoice,  again  I  say,  rejoice. 

5  He  all  his  foes  shall  quell, 
And  all  our  sins  destroy ; 

Let  every  bosom  swell 
With  pure  seraphic  joy ; 
Lift  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voice; 
Rejoice,"  again  I  say,  rejoice. 

6  Rejoice  in  glorious  hope, 
Jesus  the  Judge  shall  come, 

And  take  his  servants  up 
To  their  eternal  home ; 
We  soon  shall  hear  the'  archangel's  voice ; 
The  trump  of  God  shall  sound, — Rejoice  1 

900  s.  m. 

Glory  legun  below. 

COME,  ye  that  love  the  Lord, 
And  let  your  joys  be  known  ; 
Join  in  a  song  with  sweet  accord, 

While  ye  surround  his  throne. 
Let  those' refuse  to  sing 

Who  never  knew  our  God, 
But  servants  of  the  heavenly  King 
May  speak  their  joys  abroad. 

2  The  God  that  rules  on  high, 

That  all  the  earth  surveys, 
That  rides  upon  the  stormy  sky, 

And  calms  the  roaring  seas ; 
This  awful  G'.'d  is  ours, 

Our  Father  and  our  Love  ; 
He  will  send  down  his  heavenly  powers, 

To  carry  us  above. 


COMMUNION  WITH  GOD.     535 

3  Tliere  we  shall  see  his  face, 
And  never,  never  sin ; 

There,  from  the  rivers  of  his  grace, 

Drink;  endless  pleasures  in  : 
Yea,  and  before  we  rise 

To  that  immortal  state,    ■ 
The  thoughts  of  such  amazing  bliss 

Should  constant  joys  create. 

4  The  men  of  grace  have  found 
Glory  begun  below : 

Celestial  fruit  on  earthly  ground 
From  faith  and  hope  may  grow  • 

Then  let  our  songs  abound, 
And  every  tear  be  dry : 

We  're  marching  through  Immanuel's  ground, 
To  fairer  worlds  on  high. 


901  9th  P.  M.  87,  87,  87,  87. 

Hitherto  hath  the  Lord  helped  us. 

COME,  thou  Fount  of  every  blessing, 
Time  my  heart  to  sing  thy  grace  : 
Streams  of  mercy,  never  ceasing, 
Call  for  songs  of  loudest  praise. 
Teach  me  some  melodious  sonnet, 
Sung  by  flaming  tongues  above  : 
Praise  the  mount — I'm  flx'd  upon  it ; 
Mount  of  thy  redeeming  love  1 

2  Here  I'll  raise  mine  Ebenezer ; 

Hither  by  thy  help  I'm  come ; 
And  I  hope,  by  thy  good  pleasure, 

Safely  to  arrive  at  home. 
Jesus  sought  me  when  a  etranger, 

Wand'ring  from  the  fold  of  God ; 
He,  to  rescue  me  from  danger, 

Interposed  his  precious  blood. 


►36  REJOICING   IN 

?.  n !  to  grace  how  great  a  debtor 

Daily  I'm  ecnstrain'd  to  be ! 
Lei  thy  goodness,  like  a  fetter, 

Bind  my  wand'ring  heart  to  thee : 
Prone  to  wander,  Lord,  I  feel  it — 

Prone  to  leave  the  God  I  love; 
Here  's  my  heart,  O  take  and  seal  it ; 

Seal  it  tor  thy  courts  above. 

902  c.  m. 

Walking  with  God. 

TALK  with  us,  Lord,  thyself  reveal, 
While  here  o'er  earth  we  rove ; 
Speak  to  our  hearts,  and  let  us  feel 
The  kindling  of  thy  love. 

2  With  thee  conversing,  we  forget 
All  time,  and  toil,  and  care  : 

Labour  is  rest,  and  pain  is  sweet, 
If  thou,  my  God,  art  here. 

3  Here  then,  my  God,  vouchsafe  to  slay, 
And  bid  my  heart  rejoice ; 

My  bounding*  heart  shall  own  thy  sway, 
And  echo  to  thy  voice. 

4  Thou  callest  me  to  seek  thy  face ; — 
'Tis  all  I  wish  to  seek; 

To'  attend  the  whispers  of  thy  grace, 
And  hear  thee  inly  speak. 

5  Let  this  my  every  hour  employ, 
Till  I  thy  glory  see ; 

Enter  into  my  Master's  joy, 
And  find  my  heaven  in  thee. 

903  c- M- 

Triumphant  jou. 

FT  God.  the  spring  of  all  my  joys, 
The  life  of  my  delights. 
The  glory  of  my  bright*  st  days, 
And  comfort  of  my  nights  : — 


COMMUNION  WITH  GOD.     537 

2  In  darkest  shades,  if  thou  appear, 
My  dawning  is  begun ; 

Th'ju  art  my  soul's  bright  morning  star, 
And  thou  my  rising  sun. 

3  The  opening  heavens  around  nie  shine 
With  beams  of  sacred  bliss, 

If  Jesus  shows  his  mercy  mine, 
And  whispers  I  am  his. 

4  My  soul  would  leave  this  heavy  clay 
At  that  transporting  word, 

Run  up  with  joy  the  shining  way, 
To  see  and  praise  my  Lord. 

5  Fearless  of  hell  and  ghastly  death, 
I'd  break  through  every  foe  ; 

The  wings  of  love  and  arms  of  faith 
Would  bear  me  conqu'ror  through. 

904  s.  m. 

Creating  and  redeeming  love. 

FATHER,  in  whom  we  live, 
In  whom  we  are,  and  move, 
The  glory,  power,  and  praise  receive 
Of  thy  creating  love. 

2  Let  all  the  angel  throng 
Give  thanks  to  God  on  high. 

While  earth  repeats  the  joyful  song, 
And  echoes  through  the  "sky. 

3  Incarnate  Deity, 

Let  all  the  ransom'd  race 
Render  in  thanks  their  lives  to  thee, 
For  thy  redeeming  grace. 

4  The  grace  to  sinners  show'd, 
Ye  heavenly  choirs  proclaim. 

And  cry, — Salvation  to  our  God, 
Salvation  to  the  Lamb ! 


538  rejoicing  in 

905  s.  m. 

Continued. —  Unspeakable  joy. 

CPIRIT  of  holiness, 

O  Let  all  thy  saints  adore 

Thy  sacred  energy,  and  bless 

Thy  heart-renewing  power. 
0  Not  angel  tongues  can  toil 

Thy  love's  ecstatic  height,— 
The  glorious  joy  unspeakable, 

The  beatific  sight. 

3  Eternal  Triune  Lord ! 
Let  all  the  hosts  above, 

Let  all  the  sons  of  men  record, 
And  dwell  upon,  thy  love  : 

4  When  heaven  and  earth  are  fled 
Before  thy  glorious  face, 

Sin?,  all  the  saints  thy  love  hath  made, 
TLLne  everlasting  praise ! 

906  C.  M. 

Praise,— delwhtful. 

MY  Saviour,  my  almighty  Friend, 
"When  I  begin  thy  praise, 
Where  will  the  growing  numbers  end,— 
The  numbers  of  thy  grace! 

2  I  trust  in  thy  eternal  word ; 
Thy  goodness  I  adore : 

Send" down  thy  grace,  O  blessed  Lord, 
That  I  may  love  thee  more. 

3  My  feet  shall  travel  all  the  length 
Of  the  celestial  road ; 

And  march,  with  courage  in  thy  strength, 
To  see  the  Lord  my  God. 

4  Awake '.  awake !  my  tuneful  powers, 
With  this  delightful  song ; 

And  enlertain  the  darkest  hours, 
Nor  think  the  season  long. 


COMMUNION  WITH  GOD.    539 

907  10th  P.  M.  8  lines  8s. 

All-sufficiency  of  Jesus. 

HOW  tedious  and  tasteless  the  hours 
When  Jesus  no  longer  I  see '. 
Sweet  prospects,  sweet  birds,  and  sweet  flowers, 

Have  all  lost  their  sweetness  to  me  ; — 
The  midsummer  sun  shines  but  dim, 

The  fields  strive  in  vain  to  look  gay; 
But  when  I  am  happy  in  Him, 
December  's  as  pleasant  as  May. 

2  His  Name  yields  the  richest  perfume, 
And  sweeter  than  music  his  voice; 

His  presence  disperses  my  gloom, 
And  makes  all  within  me  rejoice ; 

I  should,  were  he  always  thus  nigh, 
Have  nothing  to  wish  or  to  fear ; 

No  mortal  so  happy  as  I, — 
My  summer  would  last  all  the  year. 

3  Content  with  beholding  his  face, 
My  all  to  his  pleasure  resign'd, 

No  changes'  of  season  or  place 

Would  make  any  change  in  my  mind : 

While  blest  with  a  sense  of  his  love, 
A  palace  a  toy  would  appear ; 

And  prisons  would  palaces  prove, 
If  Jesus  would  dwell  with  me  there. 

My  Lord,  if  indeed  I  am  thine, 

If  thou  art  my  sun  and  my  song, 
Say,  why  do  I  languish  and  pine? 

And  why  are  my  winters  so  long  ! 
O  drive  these  dark  clouds  from  my  sky; 

Thy  soul-cheering  presence  restore ; 
Or  take  me  to  thee  up  on  high, 

Where  winter  and  clouds  are  no  more, 


>40  REJOICING  in 

90S  c.  ai. 

God  my  all-sufficient  portion. 

MY  God,  my  portion,  and  my  love, 
My  everlasting:  All, 

1  've  none  but  thee  in  heaven  above, 
Or  on  this  earthly  ball. 

2  What  empty  things  are  all  the  skies, 
-  •  And  this  interior  clod  ! 

There  's  nothing;  here  deserves  ray  joys, 

Thtre  's  nothing  like  my  God. 
8  To  tliee  I  owe  my  wealth,  and  friends, 

And  health,  and  safe  abode  : 
Thanks  to  thy  Name  for  meaner  things; 

But  they  are  not  my  God. 
4  How  vain  a  toy  is  glitt'ring  wealth. 

If  once  compared  to  thee ; 
Or  what's  my  safety,  or  my  health, 

Or  all  my  friends  to  me  1 
6  "Were  I  possessor  of  the  earth, 

And  calrd  the  stars  my  own, 
"Without  thy  graces  and  thyself, 

I  were  a  wretch  undone. 
6  Let  ethers  stretch  their  arms  like  seas, 

And  grasp  in  all  the  shore ; 
Grant  me  the  visits  of  thy  grace, 

And  I  desire  no  more. 

909  s.  m. 

Heaven  upon  earth. 

MY  God,  mv  life,  my  love, 
To  thee,  to  thee  I  call  : 

1  cannot  live  if  thou  remove, 
For  thou  art  all  in  all. 

2  Thy  shining  grace  can  cheer 
This  dungeon  where  I  dwell  : 

'Tis  paradise  when  thou  art  here; 
If  thou  depart,  'tis  hell. 


COMMUNION  WITH  GOD.    541 

3  The  smilings  of  tliy  face, 
How  airnabl^they  are ! 

'Tis  heaven  to  rest  in  thine  embrace, 
And  nowhere  else  but  there. 

4  To  thee,  and  thee  alone, 
The  angels  owe  their  bliss ; 

They  sit  around  thy  gracious  throne, 
And  dwell  where  Jesus  is. 

5  Not  all  the  harps  above 
Can  make  a  heavenly  place, 

If  God  his  residence  remove, 
Or  but  conceal  his  face. 

6  Nor  earth,  nor  all  the  sky, 
Can  one  delight  afford, 

Nor  yield  one  drop  of  real  joy, 
Without  thy  presence,  Lord. 

7  Thou  art  the  sea  of  love, 
Where  all  my  pleasures  roll : 

The  circle  where  my  passions  move, 
And  centre  of  my  soul. 

910  c.  m. 

TJie  rapture  of  love. 

O'TIS  delight  without  alloy, 
Jesus,  to  hear  thy  name  : 
My  spirit  leaps  with  inward  joy ; 
I  feel  the  sacred  flame. 

2  My  passions  hold  a  pleasing  reign, 
When  love  inspires  my  breast, — 

Love,  the  divuiest  of  the  train, 
The  sovereign  of  the  rest. 

3  This  is  the  grace  must  live  and  sing, 
When  faith  and  hope  shall  cease, 

And  sound  from  every  joyful  string 
Through  all  the  realms  of  blisa. 


542  REJOICING   IN 

4  Swift  I  ascend  the  heavenly  place, 
And  hasten  to  my  home  ; 

1  leap  to  meet  thy  kind  embrace ; 
I  come,  O  Lord",  I  come. 

5  Sink  down,  ye  separating  hills; 
Lei  sin  and  death-  remove ; 

'Tis  love  that  drives  my  chariot  wheels, 
And  death  must  yield  to  love. 

911  4th  P.  M.  SS6.SS6. 

Always  rejoicing. 

HOW  happy,  gracious  Lord !  are  we, 
Divinely  drawn  to  follow  thee, 
Whose  hours  divided  are 
Betwixt  the  mount  and  multitude : 
Our  day  is  spent  in  doing  good, 
Our  night  in  praise  and  prayer. 

2  With  us  no  melancholy  void, 
No  moment  lingers  nnemploy'd, 

Or  unimproved,  below  : 
Our  weariness  of  life  is  gone, 
Who  live  to  serve  our  God  alone, 

And  only  thee  to  know. 

3  The  winter's  night,  and  summer's  day, 
Glide  imperceptibly  away, — 

Too  short  to  sing  thy  praise ; 
Too  few  we  find  the  happy  hours, 
And  haste  to  join  those  heavenly  powers 

In  everlasting  lays. 

4  With  all  who  chant  thy  name  on  high, 
And,  Holv,  holy,  holy,  cry, 

(A  bright,  harmonious  throng!) 
We  long  thy  praises  to  repeat, 
And  ceaseless  sing  around  thy  seat 

The  new  eternal  song. 


COMMUNION  WITH  GOD.    543 

912  s  m- 

'■'Stand  up,  and  bless  the  Lord  forever." 

THOU,  Lord,  art  God  alone  : 
Those  countless  worlds  of  thine, 
Those  heavens  and  heavenly  spirits,  own 
Thy  majesty  divine. 

2  Earth  is  thy  footstool  made, 
Great  universal  Lord ; 

And  all  things  are  in  being  stay'd 
By  thy  preserving  word. 

3  At  thy  command  we  rise, 
Thy  gracious  Name  to  bless ; 

And  thee,  the  Lord  of  earth  and  skies, 
We  joyfully  confess. 

4  Our  joy,  to  sing  of  thee ; 
To  triumph  in  thy  love  ; 

And  this,  transporting  thought,  shall  bo 
Our  endless  work  above. 

913  s.  m. 

Delight  in  God. 

LORD !  I  delight  in  thee, 
And  on  thy  care  depend ; 
To  thee  in  every  trouble  flee, 
My  best,  my  only  Friend. 

2  When  nature's  streams  are  dried, 
Thy  fulness  is  the  same  ; 

With  this  will  I  be  satisfied, 
And  glory  in  thy  Name. 

3  Who  made  my  heaven  secure, 
Will  here  all  good  provide  : 

While  Christ  is  rich,  can  I  be  poor! 
What  can  I  want  beside  1 

4  I  cast  my  care  on  thee ! 
I  triumph  and  adore  : 

Henceforth  my  great  concern  shall  l>9 
To  love  and  please  thee  more, 


544  REJOICING  IN 

914  8th  P.  M.  87,  87,  4T. 

Hallelujah 

OTHOU  God  of  my  salvation, 
My  Redeemer  from  all  sin; 
Moved  by  thy  divine  compassion, 
Who  hast  died  my  heart  to  win, 

I  will  praise  thee  : 

Where  shall  I  thy  praise  begin ! 

2  Though  unseen,  I  love  the  Saviour; 

He  hath  brought  salvation  near ; 
Manifests  his  pard'ning  favour; 
And  when  Jesus  doth  appear, 

Soul  and  body 
Shall  his  glorious  image  bear. 
S  "While  the  angel  choirs  are  crying,— 

Glory  to  the  great  I  AM, 
I  with  them  will  still  be  vying — 
Glory !  glory  to  the  Lamb ! 

O  how  precious 
Is  the  sound  of  Jesus'  name ! 
4  Angels  now  are  hov'ring  round  us, 

Unperceived  amid  the  throng  ; 
Wond'ring  at  the  love  that  crown'd  us, 
Glad  to  join  the  holy  song : 

Hallelujah, 
Love  and  praise  to  Christ  belong! 

915  21st  P.  M.  66,  84,  66,  84. 
Triumphant  trust  in,  God. 

T\  XY  Shepherd's  mighty  aid, 
1V1  His  dear  redeeming  love, 
His  all-protecting  power  display'd, 

I  joy  to  prove. 
Led  onward  by  my  guide, 

1  view  the  verdant  scene, 
"Where  limpid  waters  gently  glide 

Through  pastures  green, 


COMMUNION  WITH  GOD.     545 

2  In  error's  maze  my  soul 

Shall  wander  now  no  more; 
His  Spirit  shall,  with  sweet  «>atrol, 

The  lost  rest,  .re  : 
My  willing  steps  shall  lead 

In  paths  of  righteousness; 
His  power  defend  ;  his  bounty  feed  ; 

His  mercy  bless. 

S  Affliction's  deepest  gloom 

Shall  but  his  love  display; 
He  will  the  vale  of  death  illume 

With  living  ray. 
My  failing  flesh  his  rod 

Shall  thankfully  adore  ; 
My  heart  shall  vindicate  my  God 

Forever  more. 


4  His  goodness  ever  nigh, 

His  nierev  ever  free, 
Shall  while'  I  live,  shall  when  I 

Still  follow  me. 
Forever  shall  my  soul 

His  boundless  blessings  prove  ; 
And  while  eternal  ages'roll, 

Adore  and  love. 


916  10th  P.  M.  8  lines  8s. 

Longing  for  still  closer  < 


THOU  Shepherd  of  Israel,  and  mine. 
The  joy  and  desire  of  my  heart, 
For  closer  communion  I  pine  ; 

I  long  to  reside  where  thou  art: 
The  pasture  I  languish  to  find, 

Where  all,  who  their  Shepherd  obey, 
Are  fed,  on  thy  bosom  reclined, 
And  screen'd  from  tie  heat  of  the  dav. 
*   18 


546  REJOICING  IN 

2  'Tis  there,  with  the  lambs  of  thy  flock, 

There  only,  I  covet  to  rest ; 
To  lie  at  the  foot  of  the  rock, 

Or  rise  to  be  hid  in  thy  breast : 
'Tia  there  I  -would  always  abide, 

And  never  a  moment  depart, — 
Conceal'd  in  the  cleft  of  thy  side, 

Eternally  held  in  thy  heart. 

917  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  83 

Jesus  all  and  in  all. 

rpHOU  hidden  Source  of  calm  repose, 
J.   Thon  all-sufficient  Love  divine, 
My  help  and  refuge  from  my  foes, 

Secure  I  am  while  thou  art  mine  : 
And  lo !  from  sin,  and  grief,  and  shame, 

1  hide  me,  Jesus,  in  thy  name. 

2  Thy  mighty  name  salvation  is, 
Anil  keeps  "my  happy  soul  above : 

Comfort  it  brings,  and*  power,  and  peace 

And  joy,  and  everlasting  love  : 
To  me,  with  thy  great  name,  are  given 
Pardon,  and  holiness,  and  heaven. 

3  Jesus,  my  all  in  all  thou  art ; 
My  rest  m  toil,  my  ease  in  pain ; 

The  med'cine  of  my  broken  heart ; 

In  war,  my  peace  ;  in  loss,  my  gain; 
My  smile  beneath  the  tyrant's  frown ; 
In  shame,  my  glory  and"  my  crown : 

4  In  want,  my  plentiful  supply ; 

In  weakness,  my  almighty  power ; 
In  bonds,  my  perfect  liberty ; 

My  light, "in  Satan's  darkest  hour; 
In  grief,  my  joy  unspeakable ; 
My  life  in  death,  my  all  in  all, 


COMMUNION  WITH  GOD.      517 

918  L.  M, 

Mij  heart  is  fixed  ;  O  God,  my  heart  is  fixed. 
Tl/TY  heart  is  fix'd  on  thee,  my  God ; 
1V1  I  rest  my  hope  on  thee  alone  ; 
I'll  spread  thy  sacred  truths  abroad, — 
To  all  mankind  thy  love  make  known. 

2  Awake,  my  tongue  ;  awake,  my  lyre ; 
With  morning's  earliest  dawn  arise ; 

To  songs  of  joy  my  soul  inspire, 
And  swell  your  music  to  the  skies. 

3  With  those  who  in  thy  grace  abound, 
To  thee  I'll  raise  my  thankful  voice ; 

Till  every  land,  the  earth  around, 
Shall  h'ear,  and  in  thy  Name  rejoice. 

4  Eternal  God,  celestial  King, 
Exalted  be  thy  glorious  Name ; 

Let  hosts  in  heaven  thy  praises  sing, 
And  saints  on  earth  thy  love  proclaim. 

919  c.  M. 

Ceaseless  praise. 

THE  glorious  armies  of  the  sky 
To  thee,  almighty  King, 
Triumphant  anthems  consecrate, 
And  hallelujahs  sing. 

2  But  still  their  most  exalted  flights 
Fall  vastly  short  of  thee  ; 

How  distant  then  must  human  praise 
From  thy  perfections  be. 

3  Yet  how,  my  God,  shall  I  refrain, 
When,  to  my  ravish'd  sense, 

Each  creature  everywhere  around 
Displays  thy  excellence  ? 

4  Thy  num'rous  works  exalt  thee,  Lord, 
Nor  will  I  silent  be  ; 

O  rather  let  me  cease  to  breathe, 
Than  cease  from  praising  thee. 


548  REJOICING  IN 

920  25th  P.  M.  77,  87,  77,  87. 

Joining  the  angelic  hosts  in  praises. 

JESUS,  take  all  the  glory : 
Thy  meritorious  passion 
The  pardon  bought,  thy  mercy  brought 

To  us  the  great  salvation. 
Thee  gladly  we  acknowledge 

Our  only'Lord  and  Saviour, 
Thy  name  confess,  thy  goodness  bless, 

And  triumph  in  thy  favour. 
2  With  angels  and  archangels, 

We  prostrate  fall  before  thee ; 
Again  we  raise  our  souls  in  praise, 

And  thankfully  adore  thee. 
Honour,  and  power,  and  blessing, 

To  thee  be  ever  given, 
By  all  who  know  thy  love  below, 

'And  all  the  hosts  of  heaven. 

921  c.  m. 

Perpetual  praise. 
VES,  I  will  bless  thee,  O  my  God, 
1    Through  all  my  fleeting  days  j 
And  to  eternity  prolong 
Thy  vast,  thy  boundless  praise. 

2  Nor  shall  my  tongue  alone  proclaim 
The  honours  of  my  God ; 

My  life,  with  all  its" active  powers, 
Shall  spread  thy  praise  abroad. 

3  Nor  will  I  cease  thy  praise  to  sing, 
When  death  shall  close  mine  eyes ; 

My  thoughts  shall  then  to  nobler  heights, 
And  sweeter  raptures  rise. 

4  Then  shall  my  lips,  in  endless  praise, 
Their  grateful  tribute  pay  ; 

The  theme  demands  an  angel's  tongue, 
And  an  eternal  day. 


COMMUNION  WITH  GOD.       549 

922  16th  P.  M.  11  12,  11  12. 
The  foretaste  of  endless  Miss. 

MY  God,  I  am  thine  ;  what  a  comfort  divine, 
What  a  blessing,  to  know  that  my  Jesus  is 
mine  ! 
In  the  heavenly  Lamb,  thrice  happy  I  am  • 
And  my  heart  doth  rejoice  at  the  sound  of  his  name. 

2  True  pleasures  abound  in  the  rapturous  sound, 
And  whoever  hath  found  it,  hath  paradise  found- 
My  Redeemer  to  know,  to  feel  his  blood  flow, 
This  is  life  everlasting — :tis  heaven  below. 

3  Yet  onward  I  haste  to  the  heavenly  feast  • 
That  indeed  is  the  fulness,  but  this  is  the  taste  ; 
And  this  I  shaU  prove,  till  with  joy  I  remove 
To  the  heaven  ot  heavens  in  Jesus*'s  love. 

923  2d  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 
Everlasting  praises. 

T  'LL  praise  my  Maker  while  I  've  breath, 
J.  And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 

Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  powers  • 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past,  ' 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  last, 

Or  immortality  endures. 

2  Happy  the  man  whose  hopes  rely 
On  Israel's  God  ;  he  made  the  sky, 

And  earth,  and  seas,  with  all  their  train- 
His  truth  forever  stands  secure  ; 
He  saves  the'  oppress'd,  he  feeds  the  poor, 

And  none  shall  find  his  promise  vain. 

3  The  Lord  pours  eyesight  on  the  blind  ; 
The  Lord  supports  the  fainting  mind; 

i     He  sends  the  lab'ring  conscience  peace; 
He  helps  the  stranger  in  distress, 
The  widow  and  the  fatherless, 
And  grants  the  pris'ner  sweet  release. 


550  REJOICING. 

4  I  '11  praise  him  while  he  lends  me  breath 
And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 

Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  powers ; 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past, 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  last, 

Or  irnraortiiluy  endures. 

924  L.  m. 

God's  praises  crown  eternity. 

GOD  of  my  life,  through  all  my  days 
My  grateful  powers  shall  sound  thv  praise; 
My  song  shall  wake  with  opening  light, 
And  cheer  the  dark  and  silent  night. 

2  'When  anxious  cares  would  break  my  rest, 
And  griefs  would  tear  my  throbbing  breast, 
Thy  tuneful  praises,  raised  on  high, 
Shall  check  the  murmur  and  the  sigh. 


And  all  the  powers  of  language 

Joy  through  my  swimming  eyes  shall  break, 

And  mean  the  thanks  I  cannot  speak. 

4  But  O,  when  that  last  conflict 's  o'er, 
And  I  am  chain'd  to  earth  no  more, 
With  what  glad  accents  shall  I  rise 
To  join  the  music  of  the  skies  1 

5  Soon  shall  I  learn  the'  exalted  strains 
Which  echo  through  the  heavenly  plains 
And  emulate,  with  joy  unknown, 

The  glowing  seraphs  round  the  throne. 

6  The  cheerful  tribute  will  I  give, 
Long  as  a  deathless  soul  shall  live  : 
A.  work  so  swet-t,  a  theme  so  high, 
Demands  and  crowns  eternity. 


REJOICING: 


PROSPECT  OF  HEAVEN. 

925  4th  P.  M.  8S8,  886, 

Bliss-inspiring  hope. 

COME  on,  my  partners  in  distress, 
My  comrades  through  the  wilderness, 
Who  still  your  bodies  feel : 
Awhile  forgei  your  griefs  and  fears, 
And  look  beyond  this  vale  of  tears, 
To  that  celestial  hill. 

2  Beyond  the  bounds  of  time  and  space, 
Look  forward  to  that  heavenly  place, 

The  saints'  secure  abode ; 
On  faith's  strong  eagle  pinions  rise, 
And  force  your  passage- to  the  skies, 

And  scale  the  mount  of  God. 

3  Who  suffer  with  our  Master  here, 
We  shall  before  his  face  appear, 

And  by  his  side  sit  down; 
To  patient  faith  the  prize  is  sure ; 
And  all  that  to  the  end  endure 

The  cross,  shall  wear  the  crown. 

4  Thrice  blessed,  bliss-inspiring  hope! 
It  lifts  the  fainting  spirits  up ; 

It  brings  to  life  the  dead  : 
Our  conflicts  here  shall  soon  be  past, 
And  you  and  I  ascend  at  last, 

Triumphant  with  our  Head. 

5  That  great  mysterious  Deity, 
We  soon  with  open  face  shall"  see ; 

The  beatific  sight 
Shall  fill  the  heavenly  courts  with  praise, 
And  wide  diffuse  the  golden  blaze 

Of  everlasting  light. 


552  REJOICING  IN 

926  c.  m. 

The  full  assurance  of  hope. 
TOW  happy  every  child  of  grace, 


If 


Who  Knows  his  sins  forgiven! 
This  earth,  he'cries,  is  not  my  place; 

I  seek  my  place  in  heaven  ■ 
A  country  tar  from  mortal  sight, 

Yet,  O',  by  faith  I  see ; 
The  land  ort-est,  the  saints'  delight, — 

The  heaven  prepared  for  me. 

2  O  what  a  blessed  hope  is  ours ! 
While  here  on  earth  we  stay, 

We  more  than  taste  the  heavenly  powen, 

And  ante-date  that  day : 
We  feel  the  resurrection  near, — 

Our  life  in  Christ  conceal'd, — 
And  with  his  glorious  presence  here 

Our  earthen  vessels  fill'd. 

3  O  would  he  more  of  heaven  bestow! 
And  when  the  vessels  break, 

Let  our  triumphant  spirits  go 

To  grasp  the  God  we  seeK ; 
In  rapturous  awe  on  Him  to  gaze, 

Who  bought  the  sight  for  me; 
And  shout  and  wonder  at  his  grace 

To  all  eternity. 

927  C.  U, 

Continued.— Endless  bliss  in  prospect. 

A  STRANGER  in  the  world  below, 
I  calmly  sojourn  here  ; 
Nor  can  its  happiness  or  wo 
Provoke  my  hope  or  fear  : 
Its  evils  ir  a  moment  end ; 
Its  joys  as  soon  are  past : 
But  O,  the  bliss  to  which  I  tend 
Eternally  shall  last. 


PROSPECT  OF  HEAVEN.       553 

2  To  that  Jerusalem  above, 

With  singing  I  repair* 
"While  in  the  flesh,  my  hope  and  love, 

My  heart  and  soul,  are  there. 
There  my  exalted  Saviour  stands, 

My  merciful  High  Priest; 
And  "still  extends  his  wounded  hands, 

To  take  me  to  his  breast. 

928  s.  m. 

The  goodly  land. 

FAR  from  these  scenes  of  night, 
Unbounded  glories  rise, 
And  realms  of  joy  and  pure  delight, 
Unknown  to  mortal  eyes. 

2  Fair  land ! — could  mortal  eye3 
But  half  its  charms  explore, 

How  would  our  spirits  long  to  rise, 
And  dwell  on  earth  no  more  ! 

3  No  cloud  those  regions  know, — 
Realms  ever  bright  and  fair; 

For  sin,  the  source  of  mortal  wo, 
Can  never  enter  there. 

4  O  may  the  prospect  fire 
Our  hearts  with  ardent  love, 

Till  wings  of  faith,  and  strong  desire, 
Bear  every  thought  above. 

5  Prepared,  by  gTace  divine, 
For  thy  bright  courts  on  high, 

Lord,  bid  onr  spirits  rise  and  join 
The  chorus  of  the  sky. 

929  c.  m. 

The  kingdoms  are  but  one. 

HAPPY  the  souls  to  Jesus  join'd, 
And  saved  by  grace  alone  ; 
Walking  in  all  his  ways,  they  find 
Their  heaven  on  earth  begun. 


551  REJOICING  Df 

2  The  church  triumphant  in  thy  love, 
Their  mighty  joys  we  know. 

Tliey  sing  the  Lamb  in  hymns  above, 
And  we  in  hymns  below. 

3  Thee  in  thy  glorious  realm  they  praise, 
And  bow  before  thy  throne  ; 

"We  in  the  kingdom  of  thy  grace  : 
The  kingdoms  are  but  one. 

4  The  holy  to  the  holiest  leads, 
And  thence  our  spirits  rise  ; 

For  he  that  in  thy  statutes  treada, 
Shall  meet  thee  in  the  skies. 

930  c.  M. 

The  heavenly  Canaan. 

THERE  is  a  land  of  pure  delight, 
Where  saints  immortal  raign ; 
Infinite  day  excludes  the  night, 
And  pleasures  banish  pain. 

2  There  everlasting  spring  abides, 
And  never-wifh'ring  flowers  : 

Death,  like  a  narrow  sea,  divides 
This  heavenly  land  from  ours. 

3  Sweet  fields  beyond  the  swelling  flood 
Stand  dress'd  in  living  green; 

So  to  the  Jews  old  Canaan  stood, 
While  Jordan  roll"d  between. 

4  Could  we  but  climb  where  Moses  stood, 
And  view  the  landscape  o'er, 

.  :fs  stream,  nor  death's  cold  flood, 
Should  fright  us  from  the  shore. 

931  c.  M. 

The  promised  land. 

ON  Jordan's  stormy  banks  I  stand, 
And  cast  a  wishful  eye 
To  Canaan's  fair  and  happy  land, 
Where  my  possessions  lie. 


PROSPECT  OF  HEAVEN.       555 

2  O  the  transporting,  rapturous  scene, 
That  rises  to  my  sight !  _ 

Sweet  fields  array 'd  in  living  green, 
And  rivers  of  delight. 

3  There  generous  fruits  that  never  fail, 
On  trees  immortal  grow  •, 

There  rock,  and  hill,  and  brook,  and  vale, 
With  milk  and  honey  flow. 

4  O'er  all  those  wide-extended  plains 
Shines  one  eternal  day ; 

There  God  the  Son  forever  reigns, 
And  scatters  night  away. 

5  No  chilling  winds,  or  pois'nous  breath, 
Can  reach  that  healthful  shore ; 

Sickness  and  sorrow,  pain  and  death, 
Are  felt  and  fear'd  no  more. 

6  When  shall  I  reach  that  happy  place, 
And  be  forever  blest  1 

When  shall  I  see  my  Father's  face, 
And  in  his  bosom  rest  1 

7  Fill'd  with  delight,  my  raptured  soul 
Would  here  no  longer  stay  : 

Though  Jordan's  waves  around  me  roll, 
Fearless  I  'd  launch  away. 

932  s.  m. 

The  pilgrim's  home. 

TVTHILE  through  this  world  we  roam, 
VV    From  infancy  to  age, 
Heaven  is  the  Christian  pilgrim's  home, 
His  rest  at  every  stage. 

2  Thither  his  soul  ascends, 

Eternal  joys  to  share  ; 
There  his  adoring  spirit  bends, 

While  here  he  kneels  in  prayer. 


556  REJOICING  IN 

3  His  freed  affections  rise, 
To  fix  on  things  above, 

Where  all  his  hope  of  glory  lies,— 
Where  all  is  perfect  love. 

4  There  we  our  treasure  place ; 
There  let  our  hearts  be  found; 

That  still,  where  sin  abounded,  grace 
May  more  aud  more  abound. 

5  Henceforth  onr  converse  be 
With  Christ  before  the  throne; 

Ere  long  we  eye  to  eye  6hall  see, 
And  know  as  we  are  known. 

933  c.  M. 

The  saints  in  glory. 

(1ITE  me  the  wings  of  faith  to  rise 
T  Within  the  veil,  and  see 
The  saints  above,  how  great  their  joys, 
How  bright  their  glories  be. 

2  Once  they  were  mourners  here  below, 
And  pour'd  out  cries  and  tears; 

They  wrestled  hard,  as  we  do  now, 
With  sins,  and  doubts,  and  fears. 

3  I  ask  them  whence  their  vict'ry  came: 
Tiny,  wilh  united  breath, 

Ascribe  their  conquest  to  the  Lamb, — 
Their  triumph  to  his  death. 

4  They  mark'd  the  footsteps  that  he  trod; 
His  zeal  inspired  their  breast; 

And,  foll'wing  their  incarnate  God, 
Possess  the" promised  rest. 

5  Our  glorious  Leader  claims  our  praise 
Fur  his  own  pattern  given; 

While  the  long  cloud  of  witnesses 
Show  the  same  path  to  heaven. 


PROSPECT  OF  HEAVEN.      557 

934  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  7s. 

Partnership  of  the  saints  in  light. 
TESUS  is  our  common  Lord  ; 
«J   He  our  loving  Saviour  is  ; 
By  his  death  to  life  restored, 

"Misery  we  exchange  for  bliss  ; — 
Bliss  to  carnal  minds  unknown  ; 

O  'tis  more  than  tongue  can  tell ; 
Only  to  believers  shown, — 

Glorious  and  unspeakable. 

2  Christ,  our  Brother  and  our  Friend, 

Shows  us  his  eternal  love  : 
Never  shall  our  triumphs  end, 

Till  we  take  our  seats  above. 
Let  us  walk  with  him  in  white  ; 

For  our  bridal  day  prepare  ; 
For  our  partnership*  in  light,— 

For  our  glorious  meeting  there. 

935  11th  P.  M.  76,  76,  77,  76. 

The  better  portion. 

RISE,  my  soul,  and  stretch  thy  wings  ; 
Thy  better  portion  trace  ; 
Rise  from  transitory  things, 

Tow'rd  heaven,  thy  native  place  : 
Sun,  and  moon,  and  stars  decay ; 

Time  shall  soon  this  earth  remove ; 
Rise,  my  soul,  and  haste  away 
To  seats  prepared  above. 

2  Rivers  to  the  ocean  run, 

Nor  stay  in  all  their  course ; 
Fire,  ascending,  seeks  the  sun ; 

Both  speed  them  to  their  source  : 
So  a  soul  that 's  born  of  God, 

Pants  to  view  his  glorious  face ; 
Upward  tends  to  his  abode, 

To  rest  in  his  embrace. 


558  REJOICING  IN 

3  Cease,  ye  pilgrims,  cease  to  mourn; 

Press  onward  to  the  prize ; 
So:. n  our  Saviour  will  return 

Triumphant  in  the  skies  : 
There  we  '11  join  the  heavenly  train, 

Welcomed  to  partake  the  bliss  ; 
Fly  from  sorrow,  care,  and  pain, 

To  realms  of  endless  peace. 


936  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  7s. 

Saints  and  angels  round  the  throne. 

I  TFT  your  eyes  of  faith,  and  see 
i  Saints  and  angels  join'd  in  one  : 
What  a  countless  company 

Stand  befi  re  y  n  dazzling  throne  ! 
Each  before  his  Saviour  stands, 
All  in  whitest  robes  array 'd; 
Palms  they  carry  in  their  hands, 
Crowns  of  glory  on  their  head. 

2  Saint?,  begin  the  endless  song; 
Cry  aloud,  in  heavenly  lays, — 

Glory  doth  to  God  I 

God  the  glorious  Saviour  praise  : 
All  salvation  from  him  came, — 

Him  who  reigns  enthroned  on  high : 
Glory  to  the  bleeding  Lamb,— 

Let  the  morniDg  stars  reply.  . 

3  Angel  powers  the  throne  surround; 
Next  the  saints  in  glory  they; 

Lull'd  with  the  transporting  sound, 
They  their  silent  homage  pay: 

Prostrate  on  their  face,  ; 
God  and  his  Messiah  t'.-.U  ; 

Then  in  hvmns  of  pr  if  ■  Rd  ire,— 
Shout  the  Lamb  that  died  for  all. 


PROSPECT  OF  HEAVEN.       559 

©37  P.  M.  8s  &  6s. 

TJie  land  of  rest. 

THERE  is  an  hour  of  peaceful  rest, 
To  mourning  wan<l'rers  given ; 
There  is  a  joy  for  souls  distress'd, 
A  balm  for  every  wounded  breast, — 
'Tis  found,  above  in  heaven. 

2  There  is  a  home  for  weary  souls 
By  -sin  and  sorrow  driven, 

When  toss'd  on  life's  tempestuous  shoals, 
Where  storms  arise  and  ocean  rolls, 
And  all  is  drear  but  heaven. 

3  There  faith  lifts  up  the  tearless  eye, 
To  brighter  prospects  given  ; 

And  views  the  tempest  passing  by, 
The  evening  shadows  quickly  fly," 
And  all  serene  in  heaven. 

4  There  fragrant  flowers  immortal  bloom, 
And  joys  supreme  are  given ; 

There  ravs  divine  disperse  the  gloom; 
Beyond  the  confines  of  the  tomb 
Appeal's  the  dawn  of  heaven. 

93g  15th  P.  M,  11  9,  11  9. 

Rapturous  anticipation. 

COME,  let  us  aseend, 
My  companion  and  friend, 
To  a  tas'te  of  tne  banquet  above : 

If  thy  heart  be  as  -mine, 

If  for  Jesus  it  pine, 
Come  up  into  the  chariot  of  love. 

2  Who  in  Jesus  eonflde, 

We  are  bold  to  outride 
The  storms  of  affliction  beneath  ; 

With  the  prophet  we  soar 

To  the  heavenly  shore, 
And  outfiy  all  the  arrows  of  death. 


560  rejoicing  m 

3  By  faith  we  are  come 
To  our  permanent  home  ; 

By  hope  we  the  rapture  improve: 
'By  Hive  we  still  rise, 
And  look  down  on  the  skies. 

For  the  heaven  of  heavens  is  love. 

4  Who  on  earth  can  conceive 
How  happy  we  live, 

In  the  palace  of  G<  d  the  great  King : 
What  a  concert  of  praise, 
When  out  Jesus's  grace 

The  whole  heavenly  company  sing! 

5  What  ft  rapturous  song, 
When  the  glorified  throng 

In  the  spirit  of  harmony  join! — 
Join  all  the  glad  choirs, 
Hearts,  voices,  and  lyres, 

And  the  burden  is, — Mercy  divine ! 

6  Halleluiah,  they  crv, 
To  the  King  of  the  sky,— 

To  the  great  everlasting  I  AM; 

To  the  Lamb  that  was  slain, 

And  that  liveth  again, — 
Hallelujah  to  God  and  the  Lamb ! 

939  loth  P.  M.  8  lines  8s. 

Tie  heavenly  Jerusalem. 

AWAY  with  our  sorrow  and  fear, 
We  Boon  shall  recover  our  home; 
The  citr  of  saints  shall  appear, — 

The  day  of  eternity  come. 
From  earth  we  skull  quickly  remove, 

And  mount  to  our  native  abode; 
The  In  use  of  our  Father  above, — 
The  palace  of  angela  and  God. 


PROSPECT   OF   HEAVEN.      561 

2  Our  mourning  is  all  at  an  end, 
"When,  raised  by  the  life-giving  "Word, 

"We  see  the  new  city  descend, 
Adom'.d  as  a  bride  for  her  Lord : 

The  city  so  holy  and  clean, 
No  sorrow  can  breathe  in  the  air . 

No  gloom  of  affliction  or  sin ; 
No  shadow  of  evil  is  there. 

3  By  faith  we  already  behold 
That  lovely  Jerusalem  here  : 

Her  walls  are  of  jasper  and  gold 
As  crystal  her  buildings  are  clear; 

Immovably  founded  in  grace, 

She  stands  as  she  ever  hath  stood, 

And  brightly  her  Builder  displays, 
And  flames  with  the  glory  of 'God. 


940  10th  P.  M.  8  lines  8s 

Continued. — There  shall  be  no  night  there 

"\|"0  need  of  the  sun  in  that  day 

1\    Which  never  is  follow'd  by  night, 

Where  Jesus's  beauties  display 

A  pure  and  a  permanent  light : 
The  Lamb  is  their  Light  and  their  Sun, 

And,  lo  !  by  reflection  they  shine ; 
With  Jesus  ineffably  one, 

And  bright  in  effulgence  divine. 

2  The  saints  in  his  presence  receive 

Their  great  and  eternal  reward ; 
In  Jesus,  in  heaven,  they  live, — 

They  reign  in  the  smiie  of  their  Lord. 
The  flame  of  angelical  love 

Is  kindled  at  Jesus's  face; 
And  all  the  enjoyment  above, 

Consists  in  the  rapturous  gaze. 


562  REJOICING  IX 

941  4th  P.  M.  886,  886. 

The  pilgrim's  happy  lot. 

HOW  happy  is  the  pilgrim's  lot; 
How  free  from  every  anxious  thought, 

From  worldly  hope  and  fear ! 
Confined  to  neither  court  nor  eell, 
His  soul  disdains  on  earth  to  dwell, 

He  only  sojourns  here. 
2  This  happiness  in  part  is  mine, 
Already  saved  from  low  design, 

From  every  creature-love ; 
Blest  with  the  scorn  of  finite  good, 
My  soul  is  lighten'd  of  its  load, 

And  seeks  the  things  above. 
S  There  is  my  house  and  portion  fair; 
My  treasure  and  my  heart  are  there, 

And  my  abiding  home  ; 
For  me  ray  elder  brethren  stay, 
And  angels  beckon  me  away, 

And  Jesus  bids  me  come. 
4  I  come,  thy  servant,  Lord,  replies ; 
I  come  to  meet  thee  in  the  skies, 

And  claim  my  heavenly  rest ! 
Soon  will  the  pilgrim's  journey  end  ; 
Then,  O  my  Saviour,  Brother,  Friend, 

Receive  ine  to  thy  breast  1 

912  c.  m. 

The  goodly  city  in  prospect. 

JERUSALEM!  my  happy  home  ! 
Name  ever  dear  to  me ! 
When  shall  my  labours  have  an  eDd, 

In  joy,  and  peace  in  thee ! 
1  O  when,  thou  city  of  my  God, 

Shall  I  thy  courts  ascend, 
Where  congregations  ne'er  break  up. 
And  Sabbath  has  no  end! 


PROSPECT  OF  HEAVEN.      583 

3  "Why  should  I  shrink  at  pain  and  wo  J 
Or  feel,  at  death,  dismay  ? 

1  've  Canaan's  goodly  land  in  view, 
And  realms  of  endless  day. 

4  Apostles,  martyrs,  prophets  there, 
Around  my  Saviour  stand; 

And  soon  my.  friends  in  Christ  below 
Will  join  the  glorious  hand. 

5  Jerusalem !  my  happy  home ! 
My  soul  still  pants  for  thee ; 

Then  shall  my  labours  have  an  end, 
When  I  thy  joys  shall  see. 

943  s.  m. 

At  home  in  heaven. 

FOREVER  with  the  Lord ! 
Amen,  so  let  it  be  ! 
Life  from  the  dead  is  in  that  word, 
'Tis  immortality. 

2  Here  in  the  body  pent, 
Absent  from  Him  I  roam  ; 

Yet  nightly  pitch  my  moving  tent 
A  day's  march  nearer  home. 

3  Forever  with  the  Lord ! 
Father,  if  'tis  thy  will. 

The  promise  of  that  faithful  word, 
E'en  here  to  me  fulfil. 

4  So  when  my  latest  breath 
Shall  rend  the  veil  in  twain, 

By  death  I  shall  escape  from  death, 
And  life  eternal  gain. 

5  Knowing  as  I  am  known, 
How  shall  I  love  that  word, 

And  oft  repeat  before  the  throne, 
Forever  with  the  Lord! 


564  REJOICING   IN 

944  21  st  P.  M.  66,  84,  66 

The  God  of  Abraham  ;  my  God. 

THE  God  of  Abrah'm  praise, 
Who  reigns  enthroned  above  : 
Ancient  of  everlasting  days, 

And  God  of  love  : 
JEHOVAH,  GREAT  I  AM! 
By  earth  and  heaven  confess'd ; 

1  bow  and  bless  the  sacred  Name, 
Forever  blest. 

2  The  God  of  Abrah'm  praise, 
At  whose  supreme  command 

From  earth  I  rise,  and  seek  the  joys 

At  his  right  hand  : 
I  all  on  earth  forsake, 

Its  wisdom,  fame,  and  power ; 
And  him  my  only  portion  make, 

jUy  shield  and  tower. 

3  The  God  of  Abrah'm  praise, 
Whose  all-sufficient  grace 

Shall  guide  me  all  mv  happy  days 

In  all  his  ways;         . 
He  calls  a  worm  his  friend  : 

He  calls  himself  my  God! 
And  he  shall  save  me  to  the  end, 

Through  Jesus'  blood. 

4  He  by  himself  hath  sworn : 
I  on  his  oath  depend  ; 

I  shall,  on  eagles'  wings  upborne, 

To  heaven  ascend  : 
I  shall  behold  his  face  ; 

I  shall  his  power  adore, 
And  sing  the  wonders  of  his  grace 

Forever  more. 


PROSPECT  OF  HEAVEN.      565 

945  21st  P.  M.  66,  84,  66,  84. 

Continued. — Pressing  toward  the  mark. 

THOUGH  nature's  strength  decay, 
And  earth  and  hell  withstand, 
To  Canaan's  bounds  I  urge  my  way, 

At  His  command ; 
The  wat'ry  deep  I  pass, 

With  Jesus  in  my  view ; 
And  through  the  howling  wilderness 
My  way  pursue. 

2  The  goodly  land  I  see, 
With  peace  and  plenty  blest ; 

A  land  of  sacred  liberty, 

And  endless  rest. 
There  milk  and  honey  flow, 

And  oil  and  wine  abound; 
And  trees  of  life  forever  grow, 

With  mercy  crown'd. 

3  There  dwells  the  Lord  our  King, 
The  Lord  our  Righteousness, 

Triumphant  o'er  the  world  and  sin, 

The  Prince  of  Peace  ; 
On  Zion's  sacred  height, 

His  kingdom  still  maintains  ; 
And,  glorious,  with  his  saints  in  light 


4  He  keeps  his  own  secure ; 

He  guards  them  by  his  side ; 
Arrays  in  garments  white  and  puis 

His  spotless  bride ; 
With  groves  of  living  joys, 

With  streams  of  sacred  bliss, 
With  all  the  fruits  of  paradise, 

He  still  supplies. 


560  REJOICING   IN 

5  Before  the  gre.it  Three  One 

They  all  exulting  stand, 
And  tell  the  wonders  he  hath  done 

Through  all  their  land  : 
The  list'uing  spheres  attend, 

And  swell  the  growing  fame  ; 
And  sing,  in  songs  which  never  end, 

The  wondrous  Xante. 


946  21st  P.  M.  66,  84,  C6,  84. 

Continued. — Joining  the  heavenly  choir. 

THE  God  who  reigns  on  high 
The  great  archangels  sing, 
And,  Holy,  holy,  hi.ly,  cry, 

Almighty  King! 
Who  was  and  is  the  same, 
And  evermore  shall  be  ; 
Jehovah,  Father,  great  I  AM, 
We  worship  thee. 

2  Before  the  Saviour's  face 
The  ransom'd  nations  bow; 

O'erwhelm'd  at  his  almighty  grace, 

Foiever  new  : 
He  shows  his  prints  of  love, — 

They  kindle  to  a  flame ! 
And  sound,  through  all  the  worlds  above, 

The  slaughter'd  Lamb. 

3  The  whole  triumphant  host 
Give  tilling?  to  God  on  high; 

Hail,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 

Tiny  ever  cry  : 
Hail,  Abrah'm's  God,  and  mine! 

(I  join  the  heavenly  lays,) 
All  might  and  majesty  are  thine, 

And  endless  praise. 


PPvOSPEQT  OF"  HEAVEN.      567 

947  E.  M. 

The  redeemed  in  heaven. 

LO!  round  the  throne,  a  glorious  band, 
The  saints  in  countless  myriads  stand 
Of  every  tongue  redeem'd  to'God, 
Array'd  in  garments  wash'd  in  blood. 

2  Through  tribulation  grsat  they  came ; 
They  bore  the  cross,  despised  the  shame  ; 
But  now  from  all  their  labours  rest, 

In  God's  eternal  glory  blest. 

3  They  see  the  Saviour  face  to  face ; 
They  sing  the  triumph  of  his  grace  ; 
And  day  and  night,  with  ceaseless  praise, 
To  him  their  loud  hosannas  raise. 

4  O,  may  we  tread  the  sacred  road 
That  holy  saints  and  martyrs  trod ; 
Wage  to  the  end  the  glorious  strife, 
And  win,  like  tbem,  a  crown  of  life. 

948  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  Te. 
The  spirits  of  the  just  made  perfect. 

WHO  are  these  array'd  in  white, 
Brighter  than  the  noon-day  sun! 
Foremost  of  the  sons  of  light ; 

Nearest  the  eternal  throne! 
These  are  they  that  bore  the  cross ; 

Nobly  for  their  Master  stood; 
Suff'rers  in  his  righteous  cause ; 

Foll'wers  of  the  dying  God. 
2  Out  of  great  distress  they  came  : 

Wash'd  their  robes,  by  faith,  below, 
In  the  blood  of  yonder  Lamb, — 

Blood  that  washes  white  as  snow ;     . 
Therefore  are  they  next  the  throne  ; 

Serve  their  Maker  day  and  nightj 
God  resides  among  his  own, 

God  doth  in  his  saints  delight. 


568  REJOICING   IN 

949  27th  P.  M.  4  lines  lis. 

/  would  not  live  alwav. 

I  WOULD  not  live  alway :  I  ask  not  to  stay 
Where  storm  after  storm  rises  dark  o'er  the  way ; 
The  few  lurid  mornings  that  dawn  on  us  here 
Are  enough  for  life's  joys,  full  enough  for  its  cheer. 

2  I  would  not  live  alway  ;  no — welcome  the  tomb  ! 
Since  Jesus  hath  lain  there,  I  dread  not  its  gloom  : 
There  sweet  be  my  rest  till  lie  bid  me  arise, 
To  hail  him  in  triumph  descending  the  skies. 

3  Who, who  would  live  alway,  away  from  his  God, 
A.way  from  yon  heaven,  that  blissful  abode, 
Where  rivers  of  pleasure  flow  bright  o'er  the  plains, 
And  the  noontide  of  glory  eternally  reigns ! 

4  There  saints  of  all  ages  in  harmony  meet, 
Their  Saviour  and  brethren  transported  to  greet; 
While  anthems  of  rapture  unceasingly  roll, 
And  the  smile  of  the  Lord  is  the  feast  of  the  soul. 

950  10th  P.  M.  8  line*  8s. 

Having  a  desire  to  depart. 

I  LONG  to  behold  Him  array'd 
With  glory  and  light  from  above; 
The  King  in  his  beauty  display'd, — 
His  beauty  of  holiest  love  : 

1  languish  and  sigh  to  be  there, 
Where  Jesus  hath  fix'd  his  abode; 

O  when  shall  we  meet  in  the  air, 
And  fly  to  the  mountain  of  God ! 

2  With  him  I  on  Zion  shall  stand, 
For  Jesus  hath  spoken  the  word; 

The  breadth  of  Immanuel's  land 
Survey  by  the  light  of  my  Lord  : 

But  when,  on  thy  bosom  reclined, 
Thy  face  I  am'  strengthen'd  to  see, 

My  fulness  of  rapture  I  find, — 
My  heaven  of  heavens  in  thee. 


PROSPECT  OF  HEAVEN.      569 

S  How  happy  the  people  that  dwell 

Secure  in  the  city  above  ! 
No  pain  the  inhabitants  feel, 

No  sickness  or  sorrow  shall  prove. 
Physician  of  souls,  unto  me 

Forgiveness  and  holiness  give ; 
And  then  from  the  body  set  free, 

And  then  to  the  city  receive. 

951  10th  P.  Ms  8  lines  8s. 

— And  to  be  with  Christ,  which  is  far  better. 

OWHEN"  shall  we  sweetly  remove, 
O  when  shall  we  enter  our  rest, — 
Return  to  the  Zion  above, 

The  mother  of  spirits  distress'd  ; — 
That  city  of  God  the  great  King, 

Where  sorrow  and  death  are  no  more, 
VV  here  saints  our  Immanuel  sing, 
And  cherub  and  seraph  adore! 

2  But  angels  themselves  cannot  tell 
The  joys  of  that  holiest  place, 

Where  Jesus  is  pleased  to  reveal 
The  light  of  his  heavenly  face  : 

When,  caught  in  the  rapturous  flame, 
The  sight  beatific  they  prove; 

And  walk  in  the  light  of  the  Lamb, 
Enjoying  the  beams  of  his  love. 

3  Thou  know'st  in  the  spirit  of  prayer 
We  long  thy  appearing  to  see, 

Resign'd  to  the  burde:   we  bear, 
But  longing  to  triumi_  h  with  thee  : 

'Tis  good  at  thy  word  to  be  here ; 
'Tis  better  in  thee  to  be  gone, 

And  see  thee  in  glory  appear, 
And  rise  to  a  share"  in  thy  thrcne» 


5/U  REJOICING  IK 

952  s.  m. 

A  house  nut  made  with  hands,  eternal  in  tht 
heavens.  ■ 
Y1,  TE  know,  by  faith  we  know, 
\\     If  this  vile  house  of  clay, 
This  tabernacle,  sink  below, 

In  ruinous  decay — 
1  We  have  a  house  above, 

Not  made  with  mortal  hands; 
And  firm  as  our  Redeemer's  love 

That  heavenly  fabric  stands. 
3'  Tt  stands  securely  high, 

Indissolubly  sure  : 
Onr  glorious  mansion  in  the  sky 
Shall  evermore  endure. 

4  Full  of  immortal  hope, 
We  urge  the  restless  strife, 

And  hasten  to  be  swallow'd  up 
Of  everlasting  life. 

5  Lord,  let  us  put  onthee 
In  perfect  holiness, 

And  rise  prepared  thy  face  to  see, 
Thy  bright,  unclouded  face. 

6  Thy  grace  with  glory  crown, 
Who'hast  the  earnest  given; 

And  then  triumphantly  come  down, 
And  take  us  up  to  heaven. 

953  18th  P.  M.  10,  5,  11. 
Eternity  near. 

COME,  let  us  anew  our  journey  pursue, 
■With  vigour  arise, 
And  press  to  our  permanent  place  in  the  skies. 
Of  heavenly  birth,  though  wand'ring  on  earth, 

This  is  not  our  place, 
But  strangers  and  pilgriuu  ouralves  w«  confess. 


PROSPECT  OF  HEAVEN.      571 

2  At  Jesus's  call,  we  gave  up  our  all ; 

And  still  we  forego, 
For  Jesus's  sake,  our  enjoyments  below. 
No  longing  we  find  for  lie  country  behind  J 

But  onward  we  move, 
And  still  we  are  seeking  a  country  above  : — 

3  A  country  of  joy  without  any  alloy ; 

We  thither  repair ; 
Our  hearts  and  our  treasure  already  are  there. 
"We  march  hand  in  hand  to  Immanuel's  land ; 

No  matter  what  cheer 
t  We  meet  with  on  earth,  for  eternity 's  here  ! 

4  The  rougher  the  way,  the  shorter  our  stay 

The  tempests  that  rise 
Shall  gloriously  hurry  our  souls  to  the  skies  : 
The  fiercer  the  blast)  the  sooner  'tis  past ; 

The  troubles  that  come 
Shall  come  to  our  rescue,  and  hasten  us  home. 


S.  M. 


954 

The  jovful  meeting. 

SAVIOUR  of  sinful  men, 
Thy  goodness  we  proclaim, 
Which  brings  us  here  to  meet  again, 

And  tiiumph  in  thy  Name  : 
Thy  mighty  Name  hath  been 

Our  safeguard  and  our  tower, — 
Hath  saved  us  from  the  world  and  sin, 
And  all  the'  accuser's  power. 

2  Awhile  in  flesh  disjoin'd, 

Our  friends  that  went  before 
We  soon  in  Paradise  shall  find, 

And  meet  to  part  no  more ; 
In  you  thrice  happy  seat, 

Waiting  for  us  they  are  ; 
And  thou  shalt  there  "a  husband  meet^ 

And  i  a  parent  there  1 


572  REJOICING   IN 

955  s.  M. 

Continued. — God  shall  wipe  axcay  all  tears. 

OWHAT  a  mighty  change 
Shall  Jesus'  sufl"rers  know. 
While  o'er  the  happy  plains  they  range, 

Incapable  of  wo ! 
No  ill-requited  love 

Shall  there  our  spirits  wound : 
No  base  ingratitude  above, — 
No  sin  in  heaven  is  found. 

2  There  all  our  griefs  are  spent : 
There  all  our  sorrows  end : 

We  cannot  there  the  fall  lament 

Of  a  departed  friend  ; 
A  brother  dead  to  God, 

By  sin,  alas  !  undone  : 
No  father  there,  in  passion  loud, 

Cries, — O,  my  son  !  my  son ! 

3  No  slightest  touch  of  pain, 
Nor  sorrow's  least  alloy, 

Can  violate  our  rest,  or  stain 

Our  purity  of  joy  : 
In  that  eternal  day 

No  clouds  or  tempests  rise  ; 
There  gushing  tears  are  wiped  away 

Forever  from  our  eyes. 

95G  c.  m. 

Communion  with  saints  in  heaven. 

COME,  let  us  join  our  friends  above, 
That  have  obtain'd  the  prize  ; 
And  on  the  eagle  wings  of  love 
To  joys  celestial  rise. 

9  Let  all  the  saints  terrestrial  sing, 

With  those  to  glory  gone  ; 
For  all  the  servants  of  our  King, 

Id  earth  and  heaveu,  are  one. 


PROSPECT  OF  HEAVEN.      573 

3  One  family  we  dwell  in  Him, 
One  church  above,  beneath, 

Though  now  divided  by  the  stream, 
The  narrow  stream,  of  death. 

4  One  army  of  the  living  God, 
To  his  command  we  bow ; 

Part  of  his  host  have  cross'd  the  flood, 
And  part  are  crossing  now. 


5  Ten  thousand  to  their 
This  solemn  moment  fly ; 

And  we  are  to  the  margin  come, 
And  we  expect  to  die. 

6  His  militant  embodied  host, 
With  wishful  looks  we  stand, 

And  long  to  see  that  happy  coast, 
And  reach  the  heavenly  land. 

957  c.  m. 

Continued. — Full  felicity. 

OUR  old  companions  in  distress 
We  haste  again  to  see, 
And  eager  long  for  our  release, 
And  full  felicity. 

2  E'en  now,  by  faith,  we  join  oui  hands 
With  those  that  went  before ; 

And  greet  the  blood-besprinkled  bands 
On  the  eternal  shore. 

3  Our  spirits  too  shall  quickly  join, 
Like  theirs  with  glory  crown'd, 

And  shout  to  see  our  Captain's  sign, 
To  hear  his  trumpet  sound. 

4  Lord  Jesus,  be  our  constant  guide : 
And,  when  the  word  is  given, 

Bid  death's  cold  flood  its  waves  divide, 
And  land  us  safe  in  heaven. 


574 

958 


The  prospect  joyous. 


AND  let  this  feeble  body  fail, 
And  let  it  faint  or  die ; 
My  soul  shall  quit  the  mournful  vale, 

And  soar  to  worlds  on  high : 
Shall  join  the  disembodied  saints, 
And  find  its  long-sought  rest,— 
That  only  bliss  for  which  it  pants, 
In  the  Redeemer's  breast. 

2  In  hope  of  that  immortal  crown 
I  now  the  cross  sustain, 

And  gladly  wander  up  and  down, 
And  smile  at  toil  and  paiu  : 

I  suffer  on  mv  threescore  years, 
Till  my  Deliv'rer  come, 

And  wipe  away  his  servant's  tears, 
And  take  his"  exile  home. 

3  0  what  hath  Jesus  bought  for  me  I 
Before  my  ravish 'd  eyes 

Rivers  of  life  divine  I  see, 

And  trees  of  Paradise  : 
I  see  a  world  of  spirits  bright, 

Who  taste  the  pleasures  there ; 
They  all  are  robed  in  spotless  white, 

And  conqu'ring  palms  they  bear. 

4  O  what  are  all  my  suff'rings  here, 
If,  Lord,  thou  count  me  meet 

With  that  enraptured  host  to'  appear, 

And  worship  at  thy  feet  ! 
Give  joy  or  grief,  give  ease  or  pain, 

Take' life  or  friends  away, 
But  let  me  find  them  all  again 
'     In  that  eternal  day. 


ERECTION  OP  CHURCHES. 

LAYING    A    CORNER-STONE, 
959  c- M- 

The  sure  Foundation. 

BEHOLD  the  sure  Foundation-stone 
Which  God  in  Zion  lays, 
To  build  our  heavenly  hopes  upon, 
And  his  eternal  praise. 

2  Chosen  of  God,  to  sinners  dear, 
We  now  adore  thy  Name ; 

We  trust  our  whole  salvation  here, 
Nor  can  we  suffer  shame. 

3  The  foolish  builders,  scribe  and  priest, 
Reject  it  with  disdain; 

Yet  on  this  Rock  the  church  shall  rest, 
And  envy  rage  in  vain. 

4  What  though  the  gates  of  hell  withstood, 
Yet  must  this  building  rise  ; 

Tis  thine  own  work,  almighty  God, 
And  wondrous  in  our  eyes. 

9g0  12th  P.  M.  76,  76,  78,  76. 

The  living  Name. 

THOU,  who  hast  in  Zion  laid 
The  true  Foundation-stone, 
And  with  those  a  cov'nant  made 

Who  build  on  that  alone  : 
Hear  us,  Architect  divine ! 

Great  Builder  of  thy  church  below  1 
Now  upon  thy  servants  shine, 

Who  seek  thy  praise  to  show. 
2  Earth  is  thine ;  her  thousand  hills 

Thy  mighty  hand  sustains  ; 
Heaven  thy  awful  presence  fills  ; 

O'er  all  thy  glory  reigus  ; 


576      ERECTION   OF   CHURCHES. 

Yet  the  place  of  all  prepared, 
By  regal  David's  favour'd  son, 

Thy  peculiar  blessing  shared, 
And  stood  thy  chosen  throne. 

3  We,  like  Jesse's  son,  would  raise 
A  temple  to  the  Lord  ; 

Sound  throughout  its  courts  his  praise, 

His  saving  Name  record ; 
Dedicate  a  house  to  Him 

Who  once,  in  mortal  weakness  shrined, 
Sorrow'd,  sufferd,  to  redeem, 

To  rescue,  all  mankind. 

4  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit,  send 
The  consecrating  flame; 

Now  in  majesty  descend; 

Inscribe  the  iiving  Name :  ■ 
That  great  Name  by  which  we  live, 

Now  write  on  this  accepted  stone; 
Us  into  thy  hands  receive  ; 

Our  temple  make  thy  throne. 


901  l.  w 

Seeking  a  tabernacle. 

"\TrHEN  to  the  exiled  seer  were  given 
1 1     Those  rapt'rous  views  of  highest  heav 
All  glorious  though  the  visions  were, 
Yet  lie  beheld  no  temple  there. 

2  The  new  Jerusalem  on  high 
Hath  one  pervading  sanctity; 

No  Mil  to  mourn,  no  griefMo  mar, — 
Gud  and  the  Lamb  its  temple  are. 

3  But  we,  frail  sojourners  below, 
The  pilgrim-heirs  of  guilt  and  wo, 
Must  seek  a  tabernacle  where 

Our  scatter'd  souis  may  clend  in  prayer. 


LAYING  A  CORNER-STONE.    577 

4  O  Thou !  who  o'er  the  cherubim 
Didst  shine  in  glories  veil'd  and  dim, 
With  purer  light  our  temple  cheer, 
And  dwell  in  unveil'd  glory  here. 

962  l.  m. 

GocCs  guardian  presence. 

THIS  stone  to  thee,  in  i'aith,  we  lay-; 
This  temple,  Lord,  to  thee  we  raise-; 
Thine  eye  be  open  night  and  day, 

To  guard  this  house  of  prayer  and  praise. 

2  Within  these  walls  let  heavenly  peace 

And  holy  love  and  concord  dwell ; 

;  Here  give  the  burden'd  conscience  ease, 

And  here  the  wounded  spirit  heal. 

5  But  will,  indeed,  Jehovah  deign 
Here  to  abide,  no  transient  guest? 

Here  will  our  great  Redeemer  reiga, 
And  here  the  Holy  Spirit  rest  1 

4  Ne'er  let  thy  glory  hence  depart : 
Yet  choose  not,  Lord,  this  shrine  alone  , 

Thy  Spirit  dwell  in  every  heart, — 
In  every  bosom  fix  thy  throne. 

9g3  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

Jesus  Christ  the  corner-stone. 

ON  this  stone,  now  laid  with  prayer, 
Let  thy  church  rise,  strong  and  fair ; 
Ever,  Lord,  thy  Name  be  known, 
Where  we  lay  this  corner-stone. 

2  Let  thy  holy  Child,  who  came 
Man  from  error  to  reclaim, 
And  for  sinners  to  atone, 

Bless,  with  thee,  this  corner-stone. 

3  May  thy  Spirit  here  give  rest 
To  the  heart  by  sin  oppress'd, 
And  the  seeds  of  truth  be  sown, 
Where  we  lay  this  corner-stone. 

19 


578   EJECTION  OF  CHURCHES. 

4  Open  wide,  O  God,  thy  door, 
For  the  outcast  and  the  poor, 
Who  can  call  no  house  their  own, 
Where  we  lay  this  corner-stone. 

5  By  wise  master-builders  squared, 
Here  be  living  stones  prepared 
For  the  temple  near  thy  throne  y— 
Jesus  Christ  its  corner-stone. 


DEDICATION. 
964  Sd  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  3s. 

Invoking  God's  presence  and  blessing* 

GREAT  Kin?  of  glory,  come, 
And  with  thy  favour  crown 
This  temple  as  thy  borne, — 
This  people  as  thine  own  : 
Beneath  this  roof,  O  deign  to  show 
How  God  can  dwell  with  men  below. 

2  Here  may  thine  ears  attend 
Our  interceding  cries, 

And  grateful  praise  ascend, 
Like  incense,  to  the  skies : 
Here  may  thy  soul-converting  word 
With  faith  be  preach'd,  in  faith  be  heard. 

3  Here  may  our  unborn  sons 
And  daughters  sound  thy  praise, 

And  shine,  like  polish'.! 

Through  long-succeeding  days  : 
Here,  Lord,  display  thy  saving  power, 
While  temples  staiid  and  men  adore. 

4  Here  may  the  list'ning  throng 
Receive  thy  troth  in  love  : 

Here  Ciir:*tir"n?  join  the  song 
Of  the  redeem'.!  above ; 
Till  all,  who  hnmbly  seek  thy  face, 
Rejoice  in  thy  abounding  grace. 


DEDICATION.  579 

965  s.  m. 

The  honour  and  safety  of  a  nation., 

GREAT  is  the  Lord  our  God, 
And  let  his  praise  be  great ; 
He  makes  his  churches  his  abode, 
His  most  delightful  seat. 

2  These  temples  of  his  grace, 
How  beautiful  they  stand  : — 

The  honours  of  our  native  place, 
And  bulwarks  of  our  land. 

3  In  Zion  God  is  known, 
A  refuge  in  distress ; 

How  bright  has  his  salvation  shone 
Through  all  her  palaces  ! 

4  In  every  new  distress 
We'll  to  his  house  repair; 

"We  '11  think  upon  his  wondrous  grace, 
And  seek  deliv'rance  there. 

966  5th  p-  M.  4  lines  Is. 
Prayer  and  praise. 

LORD  of  hosts  !  to  thee  we  raise 
Here  a  house  of  prayer  and  praise : 
Thou  thy  people's  hearts  prepare, 
Here  to  meet  for  praise  and  prayer. 

2  Let  the  living  here  be  fed 

With  thy  word,  the  heavenly  bread  • 
Here,  in  hope  of  glory  blest, 
May  the  dead  be  laid  to  rest. 

3  Here  to  thee  a  temrjle  stand, 
While  the  sea  shall  gird  the  land : 
Here  reveal  thy  mercy  sure, 
While  the  sun  and  moon  endure. 

4  Hallelujah  '. — earth  and  sky 
To  the  joyful  sound  reply : 
Hallelujah !  hence  ascend 

Prayer  and  praise  till  time  shall  end. 


580  ERECTION  OF  CHURCHES. 

967  c.  m. 

A  blessing  supplicated. 

OGOD,  though  countless  worlds  of  light 
Thy  power  and  glory  show, — 
Though  round  thy  throne,  above  all  height, 
Immortal  seraphs  glow, — 

2  Yet,  Lord,  where'er  thy  saints  apart 
Are  met  for  praise  and'pravcr,— 

Wherever  sighs  a  contrite  heart, 
Thou,  gracious  God,  art  there. 

3  With  grateful  joy,  thy  children  rear 
This  temple,  Lord,  to  thee ; 

Long  may  they  sing  thy  praises  here, 
And  here  thy  beauty  see. 

4  Here,  Saviour,  deign  thy  saints  to  meet ; 
"With  peace  their  hearts  to  fill; 

And  here,  like  Sharon's  odours  sweet, 

May  grace  divine  distil. 
6  Here  may  thy  truth  fresh  triumphs  win ; 

Eternal  Spirit,  here, 
In  many  a  heart  now  dead  in  sin, 

A  living  temple  rear. 

968  l-  m. 

Jehovah's  presence. 
VDT  heaven's  wide  range  of  hallow'd  space 
1\   Jehovah's  presence  can  confine  ; 
Nor  angels'  claims  restrain  his  grace^ 

Whose  glories  through  creation  shine. 
2  It  beam'd  on  Eden's  guilty  days, 

And  traced  redemption's  wondrous  plan; 
From  Calvary,  in  brightest  rays, 

It  glow'd  to  guide  benighted  man. 

5  Its  sacred  shrine  it  fixes  there, 
Where  two  or  three  are  met  to  raise 

Their  holy  hands  in  humble  prayer, 
Or  tune'  their  hearts  to  grateful  praise. 


DEDICATION.  581 

4  Be  this,  0  Lord,  that  honour'd  place,— 
The  house  of  God,  the  gate  of  heaven ; 

And  may  the  fulness  of  thy  grace 
To  all'  who  here  shall  meet  be  given. 

5  And  hence,  in  spirit,  may  we  soar 

To  those  bright  courts  where  seraphs  bend ; 
With  awe  like  theirs,  on  earth  adnre, 
Till  with  their  anthems  ours  shall  blend. 

960  L- M- 

The  tokens  of  His  grace. 

A  WD  will  the  great  eternal  God 
On  earth  establish  his  abode ! 
And  will  he,  from  his  radiant  throne, 
Accept  our  temples  for  his  own  ? 
2  These  walls  we  to  thy  honour  raise ; 
Long  may  they  echo  with  thy  praise  : 
And  thou,  descending,  fill  the  place 
With  choicest  tokens  of  thy  grace. 
S  Here  let  the  great  Redeemer  reign, 
With  all  the  graces  of  his  train ; 
While  power  divine  his  word  attends, 
To  conquer  foes,  and  cheer  his  friends. 
4  And  in  the  great  decisive  day, 
When  God  the  nations  shall  survey, 
May  it  before  the  world  appear 
That  crowds  were  born  to  glory  here. 

970  l-  m. 

An  liumole  offering  to  Jehovah. 

THE  perfect  world,  by  Adam  trod, 
Was  the  first  temple  built  by  God ; 
His  fiat  laid  the  corner-stone  ; 
He  spake,  and,  lo '.  the  work  was  done. 
2  He  luing  its  starry  roof  on  high, 
The  broad  expanse  of  azure  sky ; 
He  spread  its  pavement,  green  and  bright. 
And  curtain'd  it  with  morning  light. 


582  ERECTION  OF  CHURCHES. 

3  The  mountains  in  their  places  stood, 
The  sea,  the  sky ;  and  all  was  good ; 
And  when  its  first  pure  praises  rang, 
The  morning  stars  together  sang. 

4  Lord,  'tis  not  ours  to  make  the  sea, 
And  earth,  and  sky,  a  house  for  thee ; 
J5ut  in  thy  sight  our  off'ring  stands, 
An  humble  temple  built  with  hands. 

971  9th  P.  M.  8T,  87,  87,  87. 

For  the  dedication  of  a  seamen's  Bethel, 

THOU,  who  on  the  whirlwind  ridest, 
At  whose  word  the  thunder  roars, 
Who  in  majesty  presidest 

O'er  the  oceans  and  their  shores ; 
From  those  shores,  and  from  the  ocean, 

We,  the  children  of  the  sea, 
Come  to  offer  our  devotion, 
And  to  give  this  house  to  thee. 

2  When,  for  business  on  great  waters, 
We  go  down  to  sea  in  ships, 

And  our  weeping  sons  and  daughters 

Hang,  at  parting,  on  our  lips ; 
This  our  Bethel  shall  remind  us 

That  Jehovah  heareth  prayer ; 
And  that  those  we  leave  beliind  us 

Are  thy  faithful  church's  care. 

3  When  in  port,  each  day  that 's  holy 
To  this  house  we  '11  press  in  throngs ; 

When  at  sea,  with  spirit  lowly, 

We  '11  repeat  its  sacred  songs. 
Outward  bound,  shall  we,  in  sadness, 

Lose  its  flag  behind  the  seas ; 
Homeward  bound,  we  '11  greet  with  gladness 

Its  first  floating  on  the  breeze. 


MISSIONARY.  583 

4  Homeward  bound ! — with  deep  emotion, 

We  remember,  Lord,  that  life 
Is  a  voyage  o'er  an  ocean 

Heaved  by  many  a  tempest's  strife. 
Be  thy  statutes  so  engraven 

On  our  hearts  and  minds,  that  we, 
Anchoring  in  death's  quiet  haven, 

All  may  make  our  home  with  thee. 


MISSIONARY. 
972  L.  M. 

Souls  perishing  for  lack  of  knowledge. 

SHEPHERD  of  souls,  with  pitying  eye 
The  thousands  of  our  Israel  see  ; 
To  thee  in  their  behalf  we  cry, — 
Ourselves  but  newly  found  in  thee. 

2  See  where  o'er  desert  wastes  they  err, 
And  neither  food  nor  feeder  have, 

Nor  fold,  nor  place  of  refuge  near, 
For  no  man  cares  their  souls  to  save. 

3  Thy  people,  Lord,  are  sold  for  naught, 
Nor  Know  they  their  Redeemer  nigh ; 

They  perish,  whom  thyself  hast  bought; 
Their  souls  for  lack  of  knowledge  die. 

4  The  pit  its  mouth  hath  open'd  wide, 
To  swallow  up  its  careless  prey  : 

"Why  should  they  die,  when  thou  hast  died- 
Hast  died  to  bear  their  sins  away ! 

5  Why  should  the  foe  thy  purchase  seize  ! 
Remember,  Lord,  thy  dying  groans  : 

The  meed  of  all  thy  siiff  'rings  these; 
O  claim  them  for  thy  ransom'd  ones  1 


584  MISSIONARY. 

973  26th  P.  M.  76,  76,  76,  76. 

The  cry  of  the  heathen. 

FROM  Greenland's  icy  mountains, 
Fr.-m  India's  coral  strand ; 
Where  Afric's  sunny  fountains 
Roll  down  their  golden  sand ; 
From  many  an  ancient  river, 
From  many  a  palmy  plain, 
They  call  ns  to  delive"r 
Their  land  from  error's  chain. 

2  What  though  the  spicy  breezes 
Blow  soft  o'er  Ceylon's  isle  ; 

Though  every  prospect  pleases, 

And  only  man  is  vile  : 
In  vain  with  lavish  kindness 

The  gifts  of  God  are  strown ; 
The  heathen  in  his  blindness 

Bows  down  to  wood  and  stone. 

3  Shall  we,  whose  souls  are  lighted 
With  wisdom  from  on  high, 

Shall  we  to  men  benighted 

The  lamp  of  life  deny  ? 
Salvation ! — O  salvation  ! 

The  joyful  sound  proclaim, 
Till  earth's  remotest  nation 

Has  leam'd  Messiah's  name. 

4  Waft,  waft,  ye  winds,  his  story, 
And  you,  ye  waters,  roll, 

Till,  like  a  sea  of  glory, 
It  spreads  from  pole  to  pole  : 

Till  o'er  our  ransotn'd  nature 
The  Lamb  for  sinners  slain, 

Redeemer,  King,  Creator, 
Iu  bliss  retains  to  reign. 


MISSIONARY.  585 

974  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

The  ruined  race. 

LET  God,  who  comforts  the  distress'd, 
Let  Israel's  Consolation,  hear; 
Hear,  Holy  Ghost,  our  joint  request, 
And  show  thyself  the  Comforter ; 
And  swell  the'  unutterable  groan, 
And  breathe  our  wishes  to  the  throne. 

2  "We  wrestle  for  the  ruin'd  race ; 
By  sin  eternally  undone, 

Unless  thou  magnify  thy  grace, 

And  make  thy  richest  mercy  known, 
And  make  thy  vanquish'd  rebels  find 
Pardon  in  Christ  for  all  mankind. 

3  Father  of  everlasting  love, 
To  every  soul  thy  Son  reveal, 

Our  guilt  and  suff'rings  to  remove, 

Our  deep,  original  wound  to  heal ; 
And  bid  the  fallen  race  arise, 
And  turn  our  earth  to  paradise. 

975  l-  m. 

The  glorious  predictions. 

THE  Law  and  Prophets  all  foretold 
That  Christ  should  die,  and  leave  the  grave ; 
Gather  the  world  into  his  fold, 
The  Church  of  Jews  and  Gentiles  save. 

.  2  Yet,  by  the  prince  of  darkness  bound, 
i     The  nations  still  are  wrapt  in  night ; 
They  never  heard  the  joyful  sound  ; 
They  never  saw  the  Gospel  light. 

'3  Light  of  the  world,  again  appear, 

In  mildest  majesty  of  grace, 
And  bring  the  great  salvation  near, 
And  claim  our  whole  apostate  race. 


58G  MISSIONARY. 

970  l.  m. 

The  latter  day  glory. 

I1EH0LD,  the  heathen  waits  to  know 
)  The  joy  the  Gospel  will  bestow; 
The  exiled  captive  to  receive 
The  freedom  Jesus  has  to  give. 

2  Come,  let  us,  with  a  grateful  heart, 
In  this  blest  labinir  share  a  part; 
Oar  prayers  and  off*  rings  gladly  bring 
To  aid  the  triumphs  of  our  King. 

3  Our  hearts  exult  in  songs  of  praise, 
That  we  have  seen  these  latter  days, 
When  our  Redeemer  shall  be  known. 
Where  Satan  long  hath  held  his  throne. 

4  Where'er  his  hand  hath  spread  the  skies. 
Sweet  incense  to  his  Name  snail  rise ; 

And  slave  and  freeman,  Greek  and  Jew, 
By  sov'reign  grace  be  form'd  anew. 

977  26th  P.  M.  76,  76,  76,  76. 

Departing  missionaries. 

ROLL  on,  thou  mighty  ocean; 
And,  as  thy  billows"  flow, 
Bear  messengers  of  mercy 

To  every  land  below. 
Arise,  ye  gales,  and  waft  them 

Safe  "to  the  destined  shore; 
That  man  may  sit  in  darkness, 

And  death's  black  shade,  no  more. 
2  Othou  eternal  Ruler, 

Who  boldest  in  thine  arm 
The  tempests  of  the  ocean, 

Protect  them  from  all  harm  1 
Thy  presence,  Lord,  be  with  them, 

Wherever  they  may  be; 
Though  far  from"  us  who  love  them, 

Still  let  them  be  with  thee. 


MISSIONARY.  587 

978  c-  «■ 

Missionaries  commended  to  God. 

FATHER  of  mercies,  condescend 
To  hear  our  fervent  prayer,- 
While  these  our  brethren  we  commend 
To  thy  paternal  care. 

2  Before  them  set  an  open  door; 
Their  faithful  labours  bless  ; 

On  them  thy  Holy  Spirit  pour, 
And  crown  them  with  success. 

3  Endow  them  with  a  heavenly  mind ; 
Supply  their  every  need ; 

Make  them  in  spirit  meek,  resign'd, 
But  bold  in  word  and  deed. 

4  In  every  tempting,  trying  hour, 
Uphold*  them  by  thy  grace  ; 

And  guard  them  by  thy  mighty  power, 
Till  they  shall  end  their  race. 

5  Then,  follow'd  by  a  numerous  train, 
Gather'd  from  heathen  lands, 

A  crown  of  life  may  they  obtain 
From  their  Redeemer's  hands. 

979  l.  m. 

The  severed  olive-branch. 

LORD,  visit  thy  forsaken  race ; 
Back  to  thy  fold  the  wand'rers  bring ; 
Teach  them  to  seek  thy  slighted  grace, 
And  hail  in  Christ  their  promised  King. 

2  That  veil  of  darkness  rend  in  twain, 
Which  hides  their  Shiloh's  glorious  light; 

That  sever'd  olive-branch  again 
Firm  to  its  parent-stock  unite. 

3  Hail,  glorious  day — expected  long! 
When  Jew  and  Greek  one  prayer  shall  pcur ; 

With  eager  feet  one  temple  throug, — 
With  grateful  praise  one  God  adore. 


588  MISSIONARY. 

980  s.  m. 

Hebrew  missionaries. 

ALMIGHTY  God  of  love, 
Set  up  the'  attracting  sign, 
And  summon  whom  thou  dost  approve 
For  messengers  divine. 

2  From  favour'd  Abrah'm's  seed 
The  new  apostles  choose, 

In  isles  and  continents  to  spread 
The  dead-reviving  news. 

3  We  know  it  shall  be  done ; 
'Tis  God's  almishty  word; 

All  Israel  shall  the  Saviour  own, 
To  their  first  state  restored. 

4  Send,  then,  thy  servants  forth 
To  call  the  Hebrews  home ; 

From  east  and  west,  and  south  and  north, 
Let  all  the  wand'rers  come. 

5  With  Israel's  myriads  seal'd, 
Let  all  the  nations  meet; 

And  show  the  mystery  fulfill'd, 
The  family  complete. 

981  L-  m. 

The  restoration  of  Israel. 

ARTSE,  great  God !  and  let  thy  grace 
Shed  its  glad  beams  on  Jacob's  race ; 
Restore  the  long-lost,  scatter'd  band, 
And  call  them  to  their  native  land. 
1  Their  misery  let  thy  mercy  heal ; 
Their  trps;>ass  hide,  their  pardon  seal ; 
O  God  of  Israel  1  hear  our  prayer, 
And  grant  them  still  thy  love" to  share. 
3  K  w  long  shall  Jacob's  offspring  prove 
The  sad  suspension  of  thy  lovel 
Lord,  shall  thy  wrath  forever  bumf 
And  will  thy  iuerc    ne'er  return! 


MISSIONARY.  589 

4  Thy  quick'ning  Spirit  now  impart, 
And  wake  to  joy  each  grateful  heart; 
While  Israel's  rescued  tribes  in  theo 
Their  bliss  and  full  salvation  see. 

982  L- M- 

For  the  Jews  and  the  fulness  of  the  Gentiles. 

TJEAD  of  the  Church,  whose  Spirit  fills 

±1  And  flows  through  every  faithful  sod, 

Unites  in  mystic  love,  and  seals 

Them  one,  and  sanctifies  the  whole  :— 

2  Come,  Lord, — thy  glorious  Spirit  cries, 
And  souls  beneath  the  altar  groan ; 

Come,  Lord, — the  Bride  on  earth  replies, 
And  perfect  all  our  souls  in  one. 

3  Pour  out  the  promised  gift  on  all ; 


gill 

Answer  the  universal — Come  1 
The  fulness  of  the  Gentiles  call, 
And  take  thine  ancient  people  home. 

4  To  thee  let  all  the  nations  flow ; 
Let  all  obey  the  Gospel  word ; 

Let  all  their  bleeding  Saviour  know, 
Fill'd  with  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 

5  0,  for  thy  truth  and  mercy's  sake, 
The  purchase  of  thy  passion  claim; 

Thine  heritage,  the  Gentiles,  take, 
And  cause  the  world  to  know  thy  name. 

983  s.  m. 

For  the  world's  conversion. 

OGOD  of  sov'reign  grace, 
We  bow  before  thy  throne ; 
And  plead,  for  all  the"human  race, 

The  merits  of  thy  Son. 
2  Spread  through  the  earth,  O  Lord, 

The  knowledge  of  thy  ways ; 

And  let  all  lands,  with  joy,  record 

The  great  Redeemer's  praise. 


590  MISSIONARY. 

98  J.    -  5th  P.  M.  4  linn  7s. 

The  banner  of  the  cross. 

GO,  ye  messengers  of  God ; 
Like  the  beams  of  morning',  fly ; 
Take  the  wonder-working  rod  ; 
Wave  the  banner-cross  on  high. 

2  Go  to  many  a  tropic  isle 
In  the  bosom  of  the  deep, 

Where  the  skies  forever  smile, 
And  the'  oppress'd  forever  weep. 

3  O'er  the  pagan's  night  of  care 
Pour  the  living  light  of  heaven ; 

Chase  away  his  wild  despair ; 
Bid  him  hope  to  be  forgiven. 

4  Where  the  golden  gates  of  day 
Open  on  the  palmy  East, 

Hitjh  the  bleeding  cross  display; 
Spread  the  Gospel's  richest  feast. 

985  s.  M. 

Twill  gather  all  nations. 

FATHER  of  boundless  grace, 
Thou  hast  in  part  fulfill 'd 
Thy  promise  made  to  Adam's  raeo, 

In  God  incarnate  seal'd. 
A  few  from  every  land 

At  first  to  Salem  came, 
And  saw  the  wonders  of  thy  hand, 

And  saw  the  tongues  of  flame. 
2  Yet  still  we  wait  the  end, — 

The  coming  of  our  Lord ; 
The  full  accomplishment  attend 

Of  thy  prophetic  word. 
Thy  promise  deeper  lies, 

In  unexhausted  grace  ; 
And  new-discover'd  worlds  arise 

To  sing  their  Saviour's  praise. 


MISSIONARY.  591 

S  Beloved  for  Jesus'  sake, 

By  bim  redeena'd  of  old, 
All  nations  must  come  in,  and  make 

One  undivided  fold : 
While  gather'd  in  by  tbee, 

And  perfected  in  one, 
They  all  at  onee  thy  glory  see 

In  thy  co-equal  Son. 

98G  c-  M- 

Ths  earth  renewed  in  righteousness. 

ALMIGHTY  Spirit,  now  behold 
A  world  by  sin  destroy'd  : 
Creating  Spirit,  as  of  old, 
Move  on  the  formless  void. 

2  Give  thou  the  word ;  that  healing  sound 
Shall  quell  the  deadly  strife ; 

And  earth  again,  like  Eden  crown'd, 
Bring  forth  the  tree  of  life. 

3  If  sang  the  morning  stars  for  joy, 
When  nature  rose  to  view, 

What  strains  will  angel-harps  employ, 
When  thou  shalt  all  renew  ! 

4  And  if  the  sons  of  God  rejoice 
To  hear  a  Saviour's  name, 

How  will  the  ransom'd  raise  their  voice, 
To  whom  the  Saviour  came  ? 

5  Lo,  every  kindred,  every  tribe, 
Assembling  round  the  throne, 

The  new  creation  shall  ascribe 
To  sov'reign  love  alone. 

987  *<■  M- 

The  Saviour's  coming  expectid  an  $  prayed  for, 

JESUS  !  thy  church,  with  longing  eyes, 
For  thine  expected  eonvng  waits  : 
When  will  the  promised  li£,ht  arise, 
And  glory  beam  on  Zion's  gates  \ 


592  MISSIONARY. 

2  E'en  now,  when  tempests  round  ns  faH, 
And  wintry  clouds  o"ercast  the  sky, 

Thy  words  with  pleasure  we  recall, 
And  deem  that  our  redemption  'a  nigh. 

S  O !  come,  and  reign  o'er  every  land ; 

Let  Satan  from  his  throne  be  hurl'd,— 
All  nations  bow  to  thy  command, 

And  grace  revive  a  dying  world. 

4  Teach  ns,  in  watchfulness  and  prayer, 
To  wait  for  thine  appointed  hour; 

And  fit  us,  by  thy  grace,  to  share 
The  triumphs  of  thy  eonqu'ring  power. 

938  19th  P.  M.  664,  6664. 

Let  there  be  light. 

rOU,  whose  almighty  word 
Chaos  and  darkness  heard, 
And  took  their  flight ; 
Hear  us,  we  humbly  pray, 
And  where  the  Gospel  day 
Sheds  not  its  glorious  ray, 
Let  there  be  light. 

2  Thou,  who  didst  come  to  bring. 
On  thy  redeeming  wing, 

Healing  and  sight, — 
Health  to  the  sick  in  mind, 
Sight  to  the  inly  blind,— 
O  now,  to  all  mankind, 

Let  there  be  light. 

3  Spirit  of  truth  and  love, 
Life-giving,  holv  Dwe, 

Speed  forth  tfiy  flight; 
Move  on  the  waters'  face, 
Bearing  the  lamp  of  grace  ; 
And  in  earth's  darkest  place, 

Let  there  be  light. 


MISSIONARY.  593 

989  .  s-  M- 

The  Redeemer's  triumphant  reign, 

OTHOU  whom  we  adore, 
To  bless  our  earth  again, 
Assume  thine  own  almighty  power, 

And  o'er  the  nations  reign. 
The  world's  Desire  and  Hope, 
All  power  to  thee  is  given ; 
Now  set  the  last  great  empire  up, 
Eternal  Lord  of  heaven. 

2  Where  all  thy  laws  are  spum'd, 
Thy  holy  name  profaned, 

And  where  the  ruin'd  world  has  mourn'd. 
With  blood  of  millions  stain'd  : 

Reveal  the  glorious  scene ; 
The  heathen  claim  for  thine ; 

And  there  the  endless  reign  begin 
With  majesty  divine. 

3  A  gracious  Saviour,  thou 
Wilt  all  thy  creatures  bless ; 

And  every  knee  to  thee  shall  bcw, 

And  every  tongue  confess. 
According  to  thy  word, 

Now  be  thy  grace  reveal'd ; 
And  with  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord, 

Let  all  the  earth  be  fiU'd. 

990  l.  m. 

Missionary  meeting. 

ASSEMBLED  at  thy  great  command, 
Before  thy  face,  dread  King,  we  stand : 
The  voice  that  marshall'd  every  star, 
Has  call'd  thy  people  from  afar. 

5  We  meet  through  distant  lands  to  spread 
The  truth  for  which  the  martyrs  bled ; 
Along  the  line — to  either  pole —     , 
The  anthem  of  thy  praise  to  roll.  ■ 


594  MISSIONARY. 

3  Our  prayers  assist ;  accept  our  praise ; 
Our  hopes"  revive  ;  our  courage  raise  ; 
Our  counsels  aid ; — to  each  impart 
The  single  eye,  the  faithful  heart. 

4  Forth  with  thy  chosen  heralds  corue; 
Recall  the  wand'ring  spirits  home ; 
Frr.m  Zion's  mount  send  forth  the  sound, 
To  spread  the  spacious  earth  around. 

991  s.  m. 

Gxi's  xcondrovs  teat/  among  the  heathen. 

TO  blcfs  thy  chosen  race, 
In  mercy,  Lord,  incline  ; 
And  cause  the  brightness  of  thy  face 
On  all  thy  saints  to  shine  ; — 

2  That  so  thy  -wondrous  way 

May  through  the  -world  be  known  ; 
While  distant  lands  their  homage  pay, 
And  thy  salvation  own. 

3  Let  all  the  nations  join 
To  celebrate  thy  fame ; 

And  all  the  world,  O  Lord,  combine 
To  praise  thy  glorious  2same. 

992  l.  it. 

Light  for  those  i^ho  sit  in  darknest. 

THOUGH  now  the  nations  sit  beneath 
The  darkness  of  o'ersprenuing  death; 
God  will  arise  with  light  divine, 
On  Zion's  holy  towers  to  shine. 

2  That  light  shall  shine  en  distant  land's, 
And  wand'ring  tribes,  in  joyful  bands, 
Shall  ccnie,  thy  glory,  L •  rd,  to  see, 
And  in  thy  courts  to'worship  thee. 

3  O  light  of  Zion,  now  arise ! 

Let  the  glad  morning  bless  our  eyes; 
Ye  nations,  catch  the  kindling  ray, 
And  hail  the  splendours  of  the  da"y 


MISSIONARY.  505 

993  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  8s. 

One  shall  chase  a  tliousand. 

SAVIOUR,  we  know  thou  art 
In  every  age  the  same  : 
Now,  Lord,  in  ours  exert 

The  virtue  of  thy  Name, 
And  daily,  through  thy  word,  increase 
Thy  blood-besprinkled  witnesses. 
2  As  thy  command  ordains, 


Thy  people,  saved  below 
■rom  all  their 


From  all  their  sinful  stain3, 
Shall  multiply  and  grow; 
And  one  into  a  thousand  rise, 
To  spread  thy  praise  through  earth  and  ski»  , 

994  s.  m. 

The  glorious  Gospel. 

THE  nations  of  the  earth, 
Almighty  Lord,  are  thine ; 
And  in  thy  works,  from  nature's  birth, 
Thy  radiant  glories  shine. 

2  Thy  love  hath  also  sent 
Thy  gospel  to  our  race  ; 

Unveiling  thy  divine  intent 
Of  rich  redeeming  grace. 

3  When  shall  these  tidings  roll 
The  spacious  earth  around, 

And  every  tribe  and  every  soul 
Receive  the  joyful  sound! 

4  When  shall  the  wand'rers  meet, 
That  now  in  darkness  rove, 

And,  gather'd  round  Immanuel's  feet, 
Sing  of  his  saving  love  2 

5  O  Lord,  our  efforts  own, 
To  spread  the  gospel  rays ; 

And  rear,  on  sin's  demolish'd  throne, 
The  temples  of  thy  praise. 


59G  MISSIONARY. 

995  l.  m. 

Triumphs  of  mercy. 

ARM  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake  ! 
Put  on  thy  strength — the  nations  shake, 
And  let  the  world,  adoring,  see 
Triumphs  of  mercy  wrought  by  thee. 

2  Say  to  the  heathen,  from  thy  throne, 

1  am  Jehovah — God  alone  : 

Thy  voice  their  idols  shall  confound, 
And  cast  their  altars  to  the  ground. 

3  Xo  more  let  creature  blood  be  spilt — 
Vain  sacrifice  for  human  guilt ! 

But  to  each  conscience  be  applied 
The  blood  that  flow'd  from  Jesus'  side. 

4  Almighty  God,  thy  grace  proclaim, 
In  every  land,  of  every  name; 

Let  adverse  powers  before  thee  fall, 
And  crown  the  Saviour  Lord  of  all. 

99g  5th  P.  M.  4  Unet  7s. 

Christ's  universal  reign. 

HASTEN,  Lord,  the  glorious  time, 
When,  beneath  Messiah's  sway, 
Every  nation,  every  clime, 
Shall  the  gospel  call  obey. 

2  Mightiest  kings  his  power  shall  own; 
Heathen  tribes  his  Name  adore ; 

Satan  and  his  host,  o'erthrown, 

Bound  in  chains,  shall  hurt  no  more. 
8  Then  shall  wars  and  tumults  cease; 

Then  be  banish 'd  grief  and  pain; 
Righteousness,  and  joy,  and  peace, 

Undisturb'd,  shall  ever  reign. 
4  Bless  we,  then,  our  gracious  Lord; 

Ever  praise  his  glorious  Name ; 
All  his  mighty  acts  record, — 

All  his  wondrous  love  proclaim. 


MISSIONARY.  597 

997  L- M- 

The  time  to  favour  Zion. 

SOV'REIGN  of  worlds !  display  thy  power ; 
Be  this  thy  Ziun's  favour'd  hour : 
Bid  the  bright  morning  star  arise, 
And  point  the  nations  to  the  sides. 

2  Set  up  thy  throne  where  Satan  reigns, 
On  Atric's  shore,  on  India's  plains, 

On  lonely  isles  and  lands  unknown, 
And  make  the  nations  all  thine  own. 

3  Speak !  and  the  world  shall  hear  thy  voice ; 
Speak  !  and  the  desert  shall  rejoice  ; 
Scatter  the  gloom  of  heathen  night, 

And  bid  all  nations  hail  the  light. 

998  c-  m. 

Christ,  the  Conqueror. 
TESUS,  immortal  King,  arise; 
O   Assert  thy  rightful  sway, 
Till  earth,  subdued,  its  tribute  brings, 
And  distant  lands  obey. 

2  Ride  forth,  victorious  Conqu'ror,  ride, 
Till  all  thy  foes  submit. 

And  all  the  powers  of  hell  resign 
Their  trophies  at  thy  feet. 

3  Send  forth  thy  word,  and  let  it  fly 
The  spacious  earth  around, 

Till  every  soul  beneath  the  sun 
Shall  hear  the  joyful  sound. 

4  O  may  the  great  Redeemer's  Name 
Through  every  clime  be  known, 

And  heathen  gods,  forsaken,  fall, 
And  Jesus  reign  alone. 

5  From  sea  to  sea,  from  shore  to  shore, 
Be  thou,  O  Christ,  adored, 

And  earth,  with  all  her  millions,  shout 
to  the  Lord, 


598  MISSIONARY. 

099  c.  m. 

Christ's  universal  and  everlasting  kingdom, 

JESUS  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun 
Does  his  successive  journeys  run; 
His  kingdom  spread  from  shore  to  shore, 
Till  moons  shall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 

2  From  north  to  south  the  princes  meet, 
To  pay  their  homage  at  his  feet ; 
While  western  empires  own  their  Lord, 
And  savage  tribes  attend  his  word. 

3  To  him  shall  endless  prayer  be  made, 
And  endless  praises  crown  his  head  ; 
His  Name  like  sweet  perfume  shall  rise 
With  every  morning  sacrifice. 

4  People  and  realms  of  every  tongue 
Dwell  on  his  love  with  sweetest  song, 
And  infant  voices  shall  proclaim 
Their  early  blessings  on  his  Name. 

1009  33d  p-  M- 8  Hn<s  6s< 

Tin  death  of  martyrs. 

FLUNG  to  the  heedless  winds, 
Or  on  the  waters  cast, 
The  martyrs'  ashes,  watch'd, 

Shall  gather'd  be  at  last; 
And  from  that  scatter'd  dust, 

Around  us  and  abroad, 
Shall  spring  a  plenteous  seed 

Of  witnesses  for  God. 
5  The  Father  hath  received 

Their  latest  living  breath; 
And  vain  is  Satan's  beast 

Of  vict'rv  in  their  death  : 
Still,  still,  though  dead,  they  speak, 

And,  trumpet-tongued,  proclaim, 
To  many  a  wak'ning  laud, 

The  one  availing  Name. 


MISSIONARY.  599 

1001  26th  p-  M-  T6>  76>  76> 76> 

The  universal  anthem.     . 
"\T7"HEX  shall  the  voice  of  singing 
VV    Flow  joyfully  along? 
When  hill  and  valley,  ringing 

With  one  triumphant  song, 
Proclaim  the  contest  ended, 

And  Him  who  once  was  slain, 
Again  to  earth  descended, 
In  righteousness  to  reign. 

2  Then  from  the  craggy  mountains 

The  sacred  shout  shall  fly  ; 
And  shady  vales  and  fountains 

Shall  echo  the  reply. 
High  tower  and  lowly  dwelling 

Shall  send  the  chorus  round, 
All  hallelujahs  swelling 

In  one  eternal  sound! 

1002  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  Is. 
The  word  glorified. 

EE  how  great  a  flame  aspires, 


s: 


Kindled  by  a  spark  of  grace  ! 
Jesus'  love  the  nations  fires, — 

Sets  the  kingdoms  on  a  blaze. 
To  bring  fire  on  earth  he  came ; 

Kindled  in  some  hearts  it  is  : 
0  that  all  might  catch  the  flame, 

All  partake  the  glorious  bliss  ! 

2  When  he  first  the  work  begun, 

Small  and  feeble  was  his  day : 
Now  the  word  doth  swiftly  run ; 

Now  it  wins  its  widening  way : 
More  and  more  it  spreads  and  grows, 

Ever  mighty  to  prevail ; 
Sin's  strongholds  it  now  o'erthrows, — 

Shakes  tie  trembling  gate3  of  hell. 


600  MISSIONARY. 

3  Sons  of  God,  your  Saviour  praise! 
He  the  door  hath  open'd  wide ; 

He  hath'  given  the  word  of  grace  ; 

Jesus'  word  is  glorified. 
Jesus,  mighty  to  redeem, 

He  alone  the  work  hath  wrought ; 
Worthy  is  the  work  of  him, — 

Him  "who  spake  a  world  from  naught. 

4  Saw  ye  not  the  cloud  arise, 
Little  as  a  human  hand! 

Now  it  spreads  along  the  skies,— 
Hangs  o'er  all  the  thirsty  land; 

Lo !  the  promise  of  a  shower 
Props  already  from  above; 

But  the  Lord  will  shortly  pour 
All  the  Spirit  of  his  love. 

1003  1th  P.  M.  8  linei  la. 

TJie  Wattftman's  report. 

WTATCHMAN,  tell  us  of  the  night, 
\\     What  its  sig-ns  of  promise  are. 
Trav;ler,  o'er  yon  mountain's  height . 

See  the  gliry -beaming  star. 
Watchman,  does  its  beauteous,  ray 

Aught  of  hope  or  joy  foretell! 
Tr.nv'l^r.  yes,  it  brings  the  day — 

Promised  day  of  Israel. 

2  Watchman,  tell  us  of  the  night ; 

Higher  yet  that  star  ascends. 
Trav'ler,  blessedness  and  light, 

Peace  and  troth,  its  course  portends. 
Watchman,  will  its  beams,  alone, 

Gild  the  spot  that  gave  them  birth  I 
Trav'ler  ages  are  its  own; 

See,  it  bursts  o'er  all  the  earth. 


MISSIONARY.  601 

3  Watchman,  tell  us  of  the  night, 

For  the  morning'  seems  to  dawn. 
Trav'ler,  darkness  takes  its  flight ; 

Doubt  and  terror  are  withdrawn. 
Watchman,  let  thy  wand'ring  cease ; 

Hie  thee  to  thy  "quiet  home. 
Trav'ler,  lo !  the  Prince  of  Peace, 

Lo !  the  Son  of  God  is  come. 


1004  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  7a. 

The  song  of  jubilee. 

HARK!  the  song  of  jubilee; 
Loud  as  mighty  thunders  roar, 
Or  the  fulness  of  the  sea, 

When  it  breaks  upon  the  shore  : 
Hallelujah!  for  the  Lord 

God  omnipotent  shall  reign ; 
Hallelujah!  let  the  word 
Echo  round  the  earth  and  main. 

2  Hallelujah  ! — hark !  the  sound, 
From  the  centre  to  the  skies, 

Wakes  above,  beneath,  around, 

All  creation's  harmonies : 
See  Jehovah's  banners  furl'd ; 

Sheathed  his  sword :  he  speaks — 'tis  done. 
And  the  kingdoms  of  this  world 

Are  the  kingdoms  of  his  Son. 

3  He  shall  reign  from  pole  to  pole 
With  illimitable  sway ; 

He  shall  reign,  when,  like  a  scroll, 
Yonder  heavens  have  pnss'd  away  : 

Then  the  end  ; — beneath  his  red, 
Man's  last  enemy  shall  fall; 

Hallelujah  !  Christ  in  God, 
God  in  Christ,  is  all  in  all. 


G02  MISSIONARY. 

1005  I--  M. 

Tlie  song  of  triumph. 

SOON  may  the  last  glad  song-  arise. 
Through  aJl  the  millions  of  the  skies— 
That  pens:  of  triumph  which  rei 
That  all  the  earth  is  now  the  Lord's. 

2  Let  thrones,  and  powers,  and  kingdoms,  be 
Obedient,  mighty  God,  to  thee ; 

And  over  land,  and  stream,  and  main, 
Kow  wave  the  sceptre  of  thy  reign. 

3  O  let  that  glorious  anthem  swell ; 
Let  host  to  host  the  triumph  tell, 
Till  not  one  rebel  heart  remains, 
But  over  all  the  Saviour  reigns. 

1006  16th  P.  M.  11  12,  11  12. 

Alleluia,  the  Lord  God  omnipotent  reigneth. 

0  30VS  ye  the  anthems  of  triumph,  that  rise 
From  the  throng  of  the  blest,  irom  the  hoste 

of  the  skies  : 
Alleluia,  they  sing,  in  rapturous  strains; 
Alleluia,  the  Lord  God  omnipotent  reigns. 
2  He  gave  to  the  light  its  beneficent  wings ; 
He  eontrolleth  the  counsels  of  senates  and  kings  : 
From  his  throne  in  the  clouds  the  lightnings  are 

hurl'd, 
And  he  ruleth  the  factions  that  rago  through  the 

world. 
<5  Rejoice,  ye  that  love  him:  his  power  cannot 

fail; 
His  omnipotent  goodness  shall  surely  prevail; 
The  triumph  of  evil  will  shortly  be  past. 
And  omnipotent  mercy  shall  conquer  at  last, 
4  Though  Satan  nnwmaketh  the  nations  his  prey, 
The  dominion  of  darkness  shall  soon  pass  away  i 
Exulting,  we  join  heaven's  rapturous  strains, — 
Alleluia,  the  Lord  God  omnipotent  reigns. 


SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. 


1007  c.  m. 

Blessedness  of  instructing  t7te  young. 

DELIGHTFUL  work !  young  souls  to  win, 
And  turn  the  rising  race 
From  the  deceitful  paths  of  sin, 
To  seek  redeeming  grace. 

2  Children  our  kind  protection  claim  ; 
And  God  will  well  approve 

When  infants  learn  to  lisp  his  name, 
And  their  Redeemer  love. 

3  Be  ours  the  bliss,  in  wisdom's  way 
To  guide  untutor'd  youth, 

And  show  the  mind  which  went  astray 
The  "Way,  the  Life,  the  Truth. 

4  Almighty  God,  thine  influence  shed, 
To  aid  this  blest  design : 

The  honours  of  thy  Name  be  spread, 
And  all  the  glory  thine. 

1008  5tn  p-  M-  4  Unes  Ts- 
A  blessing  invoked  on  teachers. 

TITIGHTY  One,  before  whose  face 
1V1  Wisdom  had  her  glorious  seat, 
When  the  orbs  that  people  space 
Sprang  to  birth  beneath  thy  feet ; 

2  Source  of  truth,  whose  rays  alone 
Light  the  mighty  world  of  mind ; 

God  of  love,  who  from  thy  throne 
Kindly  watchest  all  mankind ; 

3  Shed  on  those,  who  in  thy  Name 
Teach  the  way  of  truth  and  right, 

Shed  that  love's  undying  flame,— 
Shed  that  wisdom's  guiding  light. 


604  STODAY-SCH00LS. 

1009  c.  M. 

For  a  blessing  on  the  children. 

0  WISDOM!  whose  unfading  power 
Beside  the'  Eternal  stood, 
To  frame,  in  nature's  earliest  hour, 
The  land,  the  sky,  the  flood ; 

2  Yet  didst  thou  not  disdain  awhile 
An  infant  form  to  wear, — 

To  bless  thy  mother  with  a  smile, 
And  lisp  thy  faher'd  prayer. 

3  But  in  thy  Father's  own  abode, 
With  Israel's  elders  round, 

Conversing  high  with  Israel's  God, 
Thy  chiel'est  joy  was  found. 

4  So  may  our  youth  adore  thy  Name  1 
And,  Saviour!  deign  to  bless 

With  fost'ring  grace  the  timid  flame 
Of  early  holiness. 

1010  c.  M. 

The  Christian  child. 

BY  cool  Siloam'e  shady  rill 
How  sweet  the  lily  grows ! 
How  sweet  the  breath,  beneath  the  hill, 
Of  Sharon's  dewy  rose ! 

2  Lo !  such  the  child  whose  early  feet 
The  paths  of  peace  have  trod — 

Whose  secret  heart,  with  influence  sweet, 
Is  upward  drawn  to  God. 

3  Bv  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill 
The  lily  must  decay; 

The  rose  "that  blooms  beneath  the  hill 
Must  shortly  fade  away. 

4  And  soon,  too  soon,  the  wintry  hour 
Of  man's  niaturer  age 

Will  shake  the  soul  with  sorrow's  power, 
And  stormy  passion's  rage. 


SUNDAY-SCHOOLS.  605 

5  0  Thou  who  givest  life  and  breath, 

We  seek  thy  grace  alone, 
In  childhood,  manhood,  age,  and  death, 

To  keep  us  still  thine  own. 

1Q2  J  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

Sanctified  knowledge. 

COME,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
To  whom  we  for  our  children  cry, 
The  good  desired,  and  wanted  most, 

Out  of  thy  richest  grace  supply  ; 
The  sacred  discipline  be  given, 
To  train  and  bring  them  up  for  heaven. 


2  Error  and  ignorance 
Their  blindness,  both  of  heart  and  mind  : 

Give  them  the  wisdom  from  above, — 

Spotless,  and  peaceable,  and  hind  : 

In  knowledge  pure  their  minds  renew, 

And  store  with  thoughts  divinely  true. 

3  Learning's  redundant  part  and  vain 
Be  here  cut  off,  and  cast  aside  : 

But  let  them,  Lord,  the  substance  gain; 

In  every  solid  truth  abide  ; 
Swiftly  acquire,  and  ne'er  forego 
The  knowledge  fit  for  man  to  know. 

4  Unite  the  pair  so  long  disjoin'd, 
Knowledge  and  vital  piety  : 

Learning  and  holiness  combined, 

And  truth  and  love,  let  all  men  see 
In  those  whom  up  to  thee  we  give, 
Thine,  wholly  thine,  to  die  and  live. 

1012  c.  M, 

Anniversary  ;  the  children's  jubilee. 

HOSANNA,  be  the  children's  song, 
To  Christ,  the  children's  King ; 
His  praise,  to  whom  our  souls  belong, 
Let  all  the  cluldren  sing. 


606  SLTfDAY-SCHOOLS. 

2  From  little  ones  to  Jesus  brought, 
Hosanna  now  be  beard  ; 

Let  little  infants  now  be  taught 
To  lisp  that  lovely  word. 

3  Hosanna,  sound  from  bill  to  hill, 
And  spread  from  plain  to  plain, 

While  louder,  sweeter,  clearer  still, 
Woods  echo  to  the  strain. 

4  Hosanna,  on  the  wings  of  light, 
O'er  earth  and  ocean  fly, 

Till  mora  to  eve,  and  noon  to  night, 
And  heaven  to  earth,  reply. 

5  Hosanna,  then,  our  song  shall  be ; 
Hosanna  to  our  King : 

This  is  the  children's  jubilee; 
Let  all  the  children  sing. 

1013  c.  M. 

Children  recalling  the  example  of  Jesvs. 

THEX  Jesus  left  his  Father's  throne, 
He  chose  an  humble  birth  ; 
And,  all  unhonour'd  and  unknown, 
He  came  to  dwell  on  earth. 

2  Like  him,  may  we  be  found  below 
In  wisdom's  path  of  peace  ; 

Like  him,  in  grace  and  knowledge  grow, 
As  years  and  strength  increase. 

3  Sweet  were  his  words,  and  kind  his  look 
"When  mothers  round  him  prees'dj 

Their  infants  in  his  arms  he  took, 
And  on  his  bosom  blest. 

4  Safe  from  the  world's  alluring  charms, 
B»neath  his  watchful  eye, 

Thus,  in  the  circle  of  his  "arms, 
May  we  forever  lie. 


Vi 


SUNDAY-SCHOOLS.  607 

1014  %th- p-  M-  T6>  76>  76> 78, 

Grateful  praise. 
'YVfE'  bring  no  glitt'ring  treasures,  _ 
1 1     No  gems  from  earth's  deep  mine ; 
We  come,  with  simple  measures, 

To  chant  thy  love  divine. 
Children,  thy  favours  sharing, 

Their  voice  of  thanks  would  raise; 
Father,  accept  our  off'ring, 
Our  song  of  grateful  praise. 

2  The  dearest  gift  of  Heaven, 

Love's  written  word  of  truth, 
To  us  is  early  given, 

To  guide  our  steps  in  youth 
We  hear  the  wondrous  storv, 

The  tale  of  Calvary, 
We  read  of  homes  in  glory, 

From  sin  and  : 


3  Redeemer !  grant  thy  blessing? 

O !  teach  us  how  to  pray, 
That  each,  thy  fear  possessing, 

May  tread  life's  onward  way ; 
Then  where  the  pure  are  dwelling 

We  hope  to  meet  again, 
And  sweeter  numbers  "swelling, 

Forever  praise  thy  Name. 

1015  l  m 

Jlosanna  to  the  Son  of  David. 
[AT  are  those  soul-reviving  strains 


W1^ 


'Inch  echo  thus  from  Salem's  plains  1 
What  anthems  loud,  and  louder  still, 
So  sweetly  sound  from  Zion's  hill? 

2  Lo !  'tis  an  infant  chorus  sings 
Hosanna  to  the  King  of  kings  : 
The  Saviour  comes  ! — and  babes  proclaim 
Salvation,  sent  in  Jesus'  name. 


608  SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. 

3  Not  these  alone  their  voice  shall  raise, 
For  we  will  join  this  song  of  praise ; 
Still  Israel's  children  forward  press, 

To  hail  the  Lord  their  Righteousness. 

4  Messiah's  name  shall  jov  impart 
Alike  to  Jew  and  Gentile  heart : 
He  bled  for  us,  he  bled  for  you, 
And  we  will  sing  hesanna  too. 

5  Proclaim  hosoanas,  load  and  clear ; 
Pee  David's  Son  and  Lord  appear! 
All  praise  on  earth  to  him  be  given, 
And  glory  shout  through  highest  heaven. 

101G  c.  m. 

Children  in  heaven. 

THERE  is  a  glorious  world  of  light, 
Above  the  starry  sky, 
Where  saints  departed, "clothed  in  white, 
Adore  the  Lord  most  high. 

2  And  hark,  amid  the  sacred  songs 

Those  heavenly  voices  raise, 
Ten  thoBSsnd  thousand  infant  tongues 

Unite  in  perfect  praise. 

S  Those  are  the  hymns  that  we  shall  know. 

If  Jc 
That  is  the  place  where  we  shall  go, 

If  found  in  wisdom'e  way. 

4  Soon  will  our  earthly  race  be  run— 
Our  mortal  frame  decay ; 

Children  and  teachers,  one  by  one, 
Must  die  and  pass  away. 

5  Great  God,  impress  this  serious  thought, 
To-day,  on  every  breast; 

That  both  the  teachers  and  the  taught 
May  dwell  among  the  blest. 


H1SCELIANE0US. 


PUBLIO    FASTS. 

|_0J7  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

Unfaithfulness  acknowledged  and  lamented. 
GOD,  thy  righteousness  we  own  ; 


0 


Judgment  is  at  thy  house  begun ; 
With  humble  awe  thy  rod  we  hear, 
And  guilty  in  thy  sight  appear ; 
We  cannot  in  thy  judgment  stand, 
But  sink  beneath  thy  mighty  hand. 

2  Our  mouth  as  in  the  dust  we  lay, 
And  still  for  mercy,  mercy  pray ; 
Unworthy  to  behold  thy  face, 
Unfaithful  stewards  of  thy  grace, 
Our  sin  and  wickedness  we  own, 
And  deeply  for  acceptance  groan. 

3  We  have  not,  Lord,  thy  gifts  improved, 
But  basely  from  thy  statutes  roved; 

Yet  do  not  drive  us  from  thy  face, 
A  stiff-neck'd  and  hard-hearted  race  • 


1018  c.  m. 

Deprecating  the  anger  of  God. 

BEHOLD,  O  Lord !  before  thy  throne 
Thy  mourning  people  bend  : 
Tis  on  thy  sov'reign  grace  alone 

Our  humble  hopes  depend. 
2  Tremendous  judgments  from  thy  hand 

Thy  dreadful  power  display  ; 
^'et  mercy  spares  this  guilty'land, 
And  yet  we  live  to  pray. 

20 


CIO  MISCELLANEOUS. 

3  And  why,  great  God,  are  we  thus  spared, 
Ungrateful  as  we  are? 

O  make  thine  awful  warnings  heard, 
While  mercy  cries, — Forbear ! 

4  O  turn  us,  turn  us,  blessed  Lard, 
By  thine  almighty  grace; 

Then  shall  our  hearts  obey  thy  word,. 
And  ever  seek  thy  face. 

5  Hear  thou  our  prayers,  and  grant  us  aid ; 
Bid  wars  forever  cease  : 

Heal  every  breach  that  sin  has  made, 
And  bless  our  land  with  peace. 

1019  9th  P.  M.  87,  81. 

Pardon  implored  for  national  sins, 

DREAD  Jehovah !  God  of  nations ! 
From  thy  temple  in  the  skies, 
Hear  thy  people's  supplications  ; 
Now  for  their  deliv'rance  rise. 

2  Lo !  with  deep  contrition  turning, 
In  thy  holy  place  we  bend ; 

Hoar  us,  fasting,  praying,  mourning; 
Hear  us,  spare  us,  and  defend. 

3  Though  our  sins,  our  hearts  confounding. 
Long  and  loud  for  vengeance  call, 

Thou  hast  mercy  more  abounding; 
Jesus'  blood  can  cleanse  them  all. 

4  Let  that  mercy  veil  transgression ; 
Let  that  blood  our  guilt  tfface  : 

Save  thy  people  from  oppression  ; 
Save  ironi  spoil  thy  holy  place. 

1020  c-  »• 

Impending  judgments. 

GOME,  let  our  souls  adore  the  Lord, 
Whose  judgments  yet  delay  ; 
Who  yet  suspends  the  lilted  sword, 
And'  gives  us  timu  to  pray. 


PUBLIC  FASTS.  611 

2  Great  is  our  guilt,  our  fears  are  great, 
But  let  us  not  despair ;  - 

Still  open  is  the  mercy-seat 
To  penitence  and  prayer. 

3  Kind  Intercessor,  to  thy  love 
This  blessed  hope  we  owe  : 

O  let  thy  merits  plead  above, 
While  we  implore  below. 

4  Though  justice  near  thy  awful  throne 
Attends  thy  dread  command, 

Lord,  hear  thy  servants,  hear  thy  Son, 
And  save  a  guilty  land. 

1021  s.  m. 

The  day  of  vengeance. 

SINKERS,  the  call  obey— 
The  latest  call  of  grace  : 
The  day  is  come,  the  vengeful  day 

Of  a  devoted  race  : 
Devils  and  men  combine 

To  plague  the  faithless  seed, 
And  phials  full  of  wrath  divine 

Are  bursting  on  your  head. 
2  Enter  into  the  Rock, 

Ye  trembling  slaves  of  sin — 
The  Rock  of  your  salvation,  struck 

And  cleft  to  take  you  in  : 
To  shelter  the  distress'd 

He  did  the  cross  endure  ; 
Enter  into  the  clefts,  and  rest 

In  Jesus'  wounds  secure. 

1022  s.  m. 

Continued. — Our  help  comethfrom  the  Lord. 
TESUS,  to  thee  we  fly 
J   From  the  devouring  sword ; 
Our  city  of  defence  is  nigh ; 
Our  help  is  in  the  Lord. 


612  MISCELLANEOUS. 

Or  if  the  scourge  o'erflow, 

And  laugh  at  innocence, 
Thine  everlasting  arms,  we  know, 

Shall  be  our  souls'  defence. 

2  We  in  thy  word  believe, 

And  on  thy  promise  stay ; 
Our  life,  which  still  to  thee  we  give, 

Shall  be  to  us  a  prey : 
Our  life  with  thee  we  hide 

Above  the  furious  blast, 
And  shelter'd  in  thy  wounds  abide 

Till  all  the  storms  are  past. 


THANKSGIVINGS. 

1023  L.  M. 

God's  goodness  crowns  the  year. 

ETERNAL  Source  of  every  joy, 
Well  may  thy  praise  our  Bpa  employ, 
While  in  thy  temple  we  appear, 
Whose  goodness  crowns  the  circling  year. 

2  The  flowery  spring,  at  thy  command, 
Embalms  the" air,  and  paint's  the  land; 
The  summer  rays  with  vigour  shine, 
To  raise  the  corn,  and  cheer  the  vine. 

3  Thy  hand,  in  autumn,  richly  pours 
Through  all  our  coasts  redundant  stores ; 
And  winters,  soften'd  by  thy  care, 

No  more  a  face  of  horror  wear. 

4  Seasons,  and  months,  and  weeks,  and  days, 
Demand  successive  songs  of  praise  ; 

Still  be  the  cheerful  homage  paid, 
With  opening  light  and  evening  shade. 


THANKSGIVINGS .  613 

5  0  may  our  more  harmonious  tongue 
In  worlds  unknown  pursue  the  song ; 
And  in  those  brighter  courts  adore, 
Where  days  and  years  revolve  no  more. 

1024  L- M- 

National  blessings. 

GREAT  God  of  nations,  now  to  thee 
Our  hymn  of  gratitude  we  raise  ; 
With  humble  heart,  and  bending  knee, 
We  offer  thee  our  song  of  praise. 

2  Thy  Name  we  bless,  almighty  God, 
For  all  the  kindness  thou  hast  shown 

To  this  fair  land  the  pilgrims  trod, — 
This  land  we  fondly  call  our  own. 

3  Here  freedom  spreads  her  banner  wide, 
And  casts  her  soft  and  hallow'd  ray; 

Here  thou  our  fathers'  steps  didst  guide 
In  safety  through  their  dang'rous  way. 

4  We  praise  thee  that  the  gospel's  light 

-   Through  all  our  land  its  radiance  sheds ; 
Dispels  the  shades  of  error's  night, 
And  heavenly  blessings  round  us  spreads. 

5  Great  God,  preserve  us  in  thy  fear ; 
In  danger  still  our  guardian  be ; 

O,  spread  thy  truth's  bright  precepts  here  ; 
Let  all  the  people  worship  thee. 

1025  c.  m. 

God's  bountiful  goodness. 

FOUNTAIN  of  mercy,  God  of  love, 
How  rich  thy  bounties  are '. 
The  rolling  seasons,  as  they  move, 

Proclaim  thy  constant  care. 
2  When  in  the  bosom  of  the  earth 

The  sower  hid  the  grain, 
Thy  goodness  mark'd  its  secret  birth, 
And  eent  the  early  rain. 


614  MISCELLANEOUS. 

3  The  spring's  sweet  influence,  Lord,  was  thine; 
The  plants  in  beauty  grew ; 

Th-.u  gav'st  refulgent  sima  to  shine, 
And  the  refreshing  dew. 

4  These  various  mercies  from  above 
M;it v.rcd  the  swelling  grain; 

A  kindly  harvest  crowns  thy  love, 
And  plenty  tills  the  plain. 

5  T.Ve  own  and  bless  thv  gracious  sway ; 
Thy  hand  all  nature  bails  : 

Seed-time  nor  harvest,  night  nor  day, 
Summer  nor  winter,  fails. 

1026  19th  P.  M.  664,  6664. 

Praise  to  the  God  of  harvest. 

THE  God  of  harvest  praise  ; 
In  loud  thanksgiving  raise 
Hand,  heart,  and  voice  ; 
The  valleys  smile  and  sing, 
Forests  and  mountains  ring, 
The  plains  their  tribute  bring, 
The  streams  rejoice. 

1  Yea,  bless  his  holy  Name, 
And  purest  thanks  proclaim 

Through  all  the  earth; 
To  glory  in  your  lot 
Ts  duty," — but  be  not 
G    :-  benefits  forgot, 

Amid  your  mirth. 

3  The  God  of  harvest  praise ; 
Hands,  hearts,  and  voices,  raise, 

With  sweet  accord; 
From  field  to  garner  throng, 
Bearing  your  sheaves  along, 
And  in  your  harvest  song 

Bless  ye  the  Lord. 


THANKSGIVINGS .  615 


PEACE. 
1027  L.  M. 

Thanksgiving  for  national  peace. 

GREAT  Ruler  of  the  earth  and  skies, 
A -word  of  thine  almighty  breath. 
Can  sink  the  world,  or  hid  it  rise  : 
Thy  smile  is  life,  thy  frown  is  death. 

2  "When  angry  nations  rush  to  arms, 
And  rage,  and  noise,  and  tumult  reign, 

And  war  resounds  its  dire  alarms, 
And  slaughter  dyes  the  hostile  plain,— 

3  Thy  sov'reign  eye  looks  calmly  down, 

i      And  marks  their  course,  and  bounds  their 
1  power ; 

Thy  law  the  angry  nations  own, 

And  noise  and  war  are  heard  no  more. 
j  4  Then  peace  returns  with  balmy  wing  ; 
f^,8?"^1  Peace>  witn  her  "'hat  blessings  fled! 
fclad  plenty  laughs,  the  valleys  sing, 
Reviving  commerce  lifts  her  head. 

To  thee  we  pay  our  grateful  songs : 
Ihy  kind  protection  still  implore  : 
I  may  our  hearts,  and  lives,  and  tongues. 
Coiuess  thy  goodness,  and  adore. 

102S  4th  P.  M.  836,  SS6. 

In  time  of  peace, 
A   NATION  God  delights  to  bless, 
1  XI  Can  all  our  raging  foes  distress 
Or  hurt  whom  they  surround  ?      ' 
Hid  from  the  general  scourge  we  pre 
Nor  see  the  bloody  waste  of  war, 
Nor  hear  the  trumpet's  sound. 


61G  MISCELLANEOUS. 

2  O  may  we.  Lord,  the  grace  improve, 
By  lab'ring  lor  the  rest  of  love — 

The  soul-composing  power; 
Bless  us  with  that  internal  peace, 
And  all  the  fruits  of  righteousness, 

Till  time  shall  be  no  more. 


OUR     COUXTET. 

1029  c.  m. 

-inces  ascribed  to  God. 

OLORD,  our  fathers  oft  have  told, 
In  our  attentive  enra, 
Thy  wonders  in  their  dr.ys  perform'd, 
And  in  more  ancient  years. 

2  'Twns  not  their  courage,  or  their  sword, 
To  them  salvation  gave ; 

'Twas  not  their  number,  or  their  strength, 
That  did  their  country  save. 

3  But  thy  right  hand,  thy  powerful  arm, 
Whose  succour  they  implored, — 

Thy  providence  protected  them, 
Who  thy  great  Name  adored. 

4  As  thee  their  God  onr  fathers  own'd, 
So  thou  art  still  our  King ; 

O,  therefore,  as  thou  didst  to  them, 
To  us  deliv'rauce  bring. 

5  To  thee  the  glory  we  ascribe, 
From  whom  salvation  came  ; 

In  God,  our  shield,  we  will  rejoice, 
And  ever  bless  thy  Name. 

1030  L  M. 

God,  the  nation's  guardian. 

GREAT  God  '.  beneath  whose  piercing  ej 
The  earth's  extended  kingctnms  lie; 
Whose  fav'rinrr  smile  upholds  them  all. 
Whose  anger  smites  them,  and  they  full ;- 


OUR  COUNTRY.  617 

2  "We  bow  before  thy  heavenly  throne ; 
Thy  power  we  see — thy  greatness  own ; 
Yet,  cherish'd  by  thy  milder  voice, 
Our  bosoms  tremble  and  rejoice. 

3  Thy  kindness  to  onr  fathers  shown 
Their  children's  children  lone  shall  own ; 
To  thee,  with  grateful  hearts',  shall  raise 
The  tribute  of  exulting  praise. 

4  Led  on  by  thine  unerring  aid, 
Secure  the  paths  of  life  we  tread; 
And,  freely  as  the  vital  air, 

Thy  first  and  noblest  bounties  share. 

5  Great  God,  our  guardian,  guide,  and  friend  1 
O  still  thy  shelt'ring  arm  extend  ; 
Preserved  by  thee  for  ages  past, 

For  ages  let  thy  kindness  last ! 

1031  c.  m. 

Prayer  for  our  native  land. 

LORD,  while  for  all  mankind  we  pray, 
Of  every  clime  and  coast, 
O  hear  us  for  our  native  land, — 
The  land  we  love  the  most. 

2  O  guard  onr  shores  from  every  foe ; 
With  peace  our  borders  bless — 

Our  cities  with  prosperity, 
Our  fields  with  plenteousness. 

3  Unite  ns  in  the  sacred  love 

Of  knowledge,  truth,  and  thee ; 
And  let  our  hills  and  valleys  chant 
The  songs  of  liberty. 

4  Lord  of  the  nations,  thus  to  thee 
Our  country  we  commend ; 

Be  thou  her  refuge  and  her  trust — 
Her  everlasting  friend. 


C18  MISCELLANEOUS. 


CHARITABLE  AND  BENEVOLENT 

1032  c.  m. 

Sympathy  uith  the  afflicted. 

FATHER  of  mercies,  send  thy  grace, 
All-powerful,  from  above, 
To  form  in  our  obedient  souls 
The  image  of  thy  love. 

2  O !  may  our  sympathizing  breasts 
That  generous  pleasure  know, 

Kindly  to  share  in  others'  joy, 
And  weep  for  others'  wo. 

3  When  poor  and  helpless  sons  of  grief 
In  deep  distress  are  laid,  . 

Soft  be  our  hearts  their  pains  to  feel, 
And  swift  our  hands  to  aid. 

4  So  Jesus  look'd  on  dying  man, 
When,  throned  above  the  skies, 

And  in  the  Father's  bosom  blest, 
He  felt  compassion  rise. 

5  On  win?s  of  love  the  Saviour  flew, 
To  bless  a  ruin'd  race ; 

We  would,  O  Lord,  thy  steps  pursue, 
Thy  bright  example  trace. 

1033  c.  if. 

Deeds  of  lore,  for  Christ's  sake,  rewarded. 

HOW  blest  the  children  of  the  Lord, 
Who,  walking  in  his  sight, 
Make  all  the  precepts  of  his  word 
Their  study  and  delight. 

2  That  precious  wealth  shall  be  their  dower, 

Which  cannot  know  decay  ; 
Which  moth  or  rust  shall  ne'er  devour, 

Or  spoiler  take  away. 


CHARITABLE  AND  BENEVOLENT.  619 

3  For  them  that  heavenly  light  shall  spread, 
Whose  cheering  rays  illume 

The  darkest  hours  of  life,  and  shed 
A  halo  round  the  tomb. 

4  Their  works  of  piety  and  love? 
Perform 'd  through  Christ,  their  Lord, 

Forever  register'd  above, 
Shall  meet  a  sure  reward. 

1034  c  M 

Deeds  of  charity. 

HIGH  on  a  throne  of  light,  0  Lord, 
Dost  thou  exalted  shine  : 
What  can  our  poverty  bestow, 
Since  all  the  world' is  thine? 

2  But  thou  hast  brethren  here  below, 
Partakers  of  thy  grace, 

Whose  humble  names  thou  wilt  confess 
Before  thy  Father's  face. 

3  In  them  may'st  thou  be  clothed  and  fed, 
And  visited  and  cheer'd  ; 

And,  in  their  accents  of  distress, 
The  Saviour's  voice  be  heard. 

4  Whate'er  our  willing  hands  can  give, 
Lord,  at  thy  feet  we  lay; 

Grace  will  the  humble  gift  receive, 
And  grace  at  length  repay. 

1035  e.  m. 

More  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive. 
TJELP  us,  O  Lord,  thy  yoke  to  wear, 
±1  Delighting  in  thy  perfect  will ; 
Each  other's  burdens  learn  to  bear, 

And  thus  thy  law  of  love  fulfil. 
2  He  that  hath  pity  on  the  poor, 

Lendeth  his  substance  to  the  Lord ; 
And,  lo !  his  recompense  is  sure, 

For  more  than  all  shall  be  restored. 


620  MISCELLANEOUS. 

3  Teach  ns,  with  glad,  ungrudging  heart, 
Ab  thou  hast  blest  our  various  store, 

From  our  abundance  to  impart 
A  lib'ral  portion  to  the  poor. 

4  To  thee  our  all  devoted  be, 

In  whom  we  breathe,  and  move,  and  live ; 
Freely  we  have  received  from  thee  ; 
Freely  may  we  rejoice  to  give. 

5  And  while  we  thus  obey  thy  word, 
And  every  call  of  want  relieve, 

O !  may  we  find  it,  gracious  Lord ! 
More  blest  to  give  than  to  receive. 

1036  c.  m. 

Anniversary  of  an  orphan  asylum:  by  the 
children. 

AGAIN  the  kind  revolving  year 
Has  brought  this  happy  day ; 
And  we  in  God's  blest  house  appear 
Again  our  vows  to  pay. 

2  Our  watchful  guardians,  robed  in  light, 

Adore  the  heavenly  King; 
Ten  thousand  thousand  seraphs  bright 

Incessant  praises  sing. 


3  They  know  no  want,  they  feel  no  care, 
Nor  ever  sigh  as  we ; 

Sorrow  and  sin  are  strangers  there, 
And  all  is  harmony. 

4  If  aught  can  there  enhance  their  bliss, 
Or  raise  their  raptures  higher, 

New  joys  in  heaven  at  sights  like  this, 
New  anthems  fill  the  choir. 

5  With  what  resembling  care  and  love 
Both  worlds  for  us  appear; 

Our  friendly  guardians  those  above, — 
Our  benefactors  here. 


MARINERS.  621 

MARINERS. 

1037  5th  p-  M*  4  Unea  Ts- 

Embarking. 

LORD,  whom  winds  and  seas  obey, 
Guide  us  through  the  watery  way ; 
In  the  hollow  of  thy  hand 
Hide,  and  bring  us  safe  to  land. 

2  Jesus,  let  our  faithful  mind 
Rest,  on  thee  alone  reclined : 
Every  anxious  thought  repress ; 
Keep  our  souls  in  perfect  peace. 

3  Keep  the  souls  whom  now  we  leave ; 
Bid  them  to  each  other  cleave ; 

Bid  them  walk  on  life's  rough  sea ; 
Bid  them  come  by  faith  to  thee. 

4  Save,  till  all  these  tempests  end, 
All  who  on  thy  love  depend ; 
Waft  our  happy  spirits  o'er ; 
Land  us  on  the  heavenly  shore. 

1038  c  m. 

God's  servants  safe  by  sea  or  land. 

HOW  are  thy  servants  blest,  O  Lord ; 
How  sure  is  their  defence ! 
Eternal  wisdom  is  their  guide, 
Their  help,— omnipotence. 

2  In  foreign  realms,  and  lands  remote, 
Supported  by  thy  care, 

Through  burning  climes  they  pass  unhurt, 
And  breathe  in  tainted  air. 

3  When  by  the  dreadful  tempest  borne 
High  on  the  broken  wave, 

They  know  thon  art  not  slow  to  hear, 
Nor  impotent  to  save. 


622  MISCELLANEOUS. 

4  The  storm  is  laid,  the  -winds  retire, 
Obedient  to  thy  will ; 

The  sea,  that  roars  at  thy  command, 
At  thy  command  is  still. 

5  In  midst  of  dangers,  fears,  and  deaths, 
Thv  goodness  we  '11  adore  ; 

We  'll  praise  thee  for  thy  mercies  past, 
And  humbly  hope  for  more. 

6  Our  life,  while  thou  preserv'st  that  life, 
Thy  sacrifice  shall  be ; 

And  death, — when  death  shall  be  our  lot,— 
Shall  join  our  souls  to  thee. 

1039  x-th  p-  M>  16>  76>  78>  76' 

Safe  with  Jesus  in  the  ship. 

IORD  of  earth,  and  air,  and  sea, 
J  Supreme  in  power  and  graco, 
Under  thy  protection  we 

Our  souls  and  bodies  place. 
Bold  an  unknown  land  to  try, 

We  launch  into  the  foaming  deep ; 
Rocks,  and  storms,  and  deaths  defy, 

With  Jesus  in  the  ship. 
2  Who  the  calm  can  understand, 

In  a  believer's  breast  ? 
In  the  hollow  of  His  hand 

Our  eouls  securely  rest : 
Winds  may  rise,  and  seas  may  roar ; 

We  on  h*is  love  our  spirits  stay ; 
Him  with  quiet  joy  adore 

Whom  winds  and  seas  obey. 

1040  6th  p-  M-  4  K"M  T8, 

God's  wonders  on  the  deep. 

THEY  that  toil  upon  the  deep, 
And,  in  vessels  light  and  frail, 
O'er  the  miehtv  waters  sweep, 
With  the  billow  and  the  gale,— 


MARINERS.  623 

2  Mark  what  wonders  God  performs, 
When  he  speaks ;  and,  unconfined, 

Rush  to  battle  ail  his  storms, 
In  the  chariots  of  the  wind. 

3  Up  to  heaven  their  bark  is  whirl'd, 
On  the  mountain  of  the  wave ; 

Down  as  suddenly  'tis  hurl'd 
To  the'  abysses  of  the  grave. 

4  Then  nnto  the  Lord  they  cry; 
He  inclines  a  gracious  ear; 

Sends  deliv'rance  from  on  high, 
Rescues  them  from  all  their  fear. 

6  O  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord, 
For  his  goodness  to  their  race ; 

For  the  wonders  of  his  word, 
And  the  riches  of  bis  grace. 

1041  L.  M. 

Sis  way  is  in  the  sea. 

LORD  of  the  wide,  extensive  main, 
Whose  power  the  wind,  the  sea,  controls, 
Whose  hand  doth  earth  and  heaven  sustain, 
Whose  Spirit  leads  believing  souls  : 

2  'Tis  here  thine  unknown  paths  we  trace, 
Which  dark  to  human  eyes  appear ; 

While  through  the  mighty  waves  we  pass, 
Faith  only  sees  that 'God  is  here. 

3  Throughout  the  deep  thy  footsteps  shine; 
We  own  thy  way  is  in  the  sea, 

O'erawed  by  majesty  divine, 
And  lost  In  thine  immensity.. 

4  Thy  wisdom  here  we  learn  to'  adore; 
Thine  everlasting  truth  we  prove  ; 

Amazing  heights  of  boundless  pow«r, 
Unfathomable  depths  of  love- 


624  MISCELLANEOUS. 

10-42  10th  P.  Jf.  8  lines  8a. 

He  hcldeth  the  waters  in  His  hand. 

OTHOU,  who  hast  spread  out  the  skie3, 
And  measnred  the  depths  ol  the  sea, 
Our  inceDse  of  praise  shall  arise 

In  joyous  thanksgiving  to  thee. 
Forever  thy  presence  is  near, 

Though  heaves  our  bark  far  from  the  land-, 
"We  ride  on  the  deep  without  fear ; 

The  waters  are  held  in  thy  hand. 
2  Eternity  comes  in  the  sound 

Of  billows  that  never  can  sleep-, 
Jehovah  encircles  us  round  ; 

Omnipotence  walks  on  the  deep. 
Our  Father,  Ave  look  up  to  thee, 

As  on  tow'rd  the  haven  we  roll; 
And  faith  in  our  Pilot  shall  be 

An  anchor  to  steady  the  soul. 

1043  L.  » 

Calm  in  the  storm. 
/"1LORY  to  Thee,  whose  powerful  word 
\T  Bids  the  tempestuous  winds  arise; 
Glory  to  thee,  the  sov'reign  Lord 
Of  air,  and  earth,  and  sea,  and  skies. 

2  Let  air,  and  earth,  and  skies  obey, 
And  seas  thine  awful  will  perform : 

From  them  we  learn  to  own  thy  sway, 
And  shout  to  meet  the  gath'ring  storm. 

3  What  though  the  floods  lift  up  their  voice-} 
Thou  hearest,  Lord,  our  louder  cry ; 

They  cannot  damp  thy  children's  j<"y9i 
Or  shake  the  60ul  when  God  is  nigh. 

4  Headlong  we  cleave  the  yawning  deep, 
And  back  to  highest  heaven  are  borne, 

Unmoved,  though  rapid  whirlwinds  s\vccp> 
And  all  the  watery  world  upturn. 


MARINERS.  625 

5  Roar  on,  ye  waves  ;  out  eotils  defy 
Your  roaring  to  disturb  our  rest; 

In  vain  to'  impair  the  calm  ye  try— 
Tke  calm  in  a  believer's  breast. 

6  Rage,  while  our  faith  the  Saviour  tries, 
Thou  sea,  the  servant  of  his  will ; 

Rise,  while  our  C4od  permits  thee,  rise, 
But  fall  when  he  shall  say,— Be  still. 

1044  S.  M. 

Praise  for  protecting  mercy. 
HEN  o'er  the  deep  we  rode, 


w 


By  winds  and  storms  assail'd ; 
We  ca'll'd  upon  the  ocean's  God, 
Whose  mercy  never  fail'd. 

2  The  tempest  heard  his  voice, 
The  winds  obey'd  his  will ; 

The  elements  withheld  their  noise, 
And  all  the  floods  were  still. 

3  With  joy  we  hail'd  the  shore, 
And  safe  the  vessel  moor'd ; 

With  grateful  hearts,  that  happy  hon?, 
We  praised  the  ocean's  Lord. 

4  Thus,  while  o'er  seas  we  roam, 
Thy  goodness,  Lord,  we  see ; 

Though  distant  from  our  native  hoiEe, 
We  are  not  far  from  thee. 

5  And  when  this  life  is  past, 
And  we  are  call'd  to  die, 

O  may  we  see  thy  face  at  last 
In  realms  .beyond  the  sky. 

6  Then,  as  we  join  the  bands 
Beyond  the  swelling  wave, 

We  '11  praise  thee  with  uplifted  hands, 
And  sujg  thy  power  to  save. 


626  MISCELLANEOUS. 

1045  29th  P.  M.  4  lines  12s. 

Save,  Lord,  or  ice  perish. 
Tl^IIEN  through  the  torn  sail  the  wild  tempest 
1 V      is  streaming-, 
When  o'er  the  dark  wave  the  red  lightning  ia 

gleaming, 
Nor  hope  lends  a  ray,  the  poor  seaman  to  cherish, 
"We  fly  to  our  Maker, — Save,  Lord,  or  we  perish ! 

2  O  Jesus,  once  rock'd  on  the  breast  of  the  billow, 
Aroused  by  the  shriek  of  despair  from  thy  pillow, 
Now  seated  in  glory,  the  mariner  cherish, 
Who  cries,in  his  anguish,  Save,Lord,or  we  perish  ! 

3  And,  O,  when  the  whirlwind  of  passion  is  raging, 
When  sin  in  our  hearts  its  sad  warfare  is  waging, 
Then  send  down  thy  grace, thy  redeemed  to  cherish; 
Rebuke  the  destroyer, — Save,  Lord,  or  we  perish  1 

104Q  18th  P.  M.  10,  5,  11. 

Deliverance  from  danger. 

ALL  praise  to  the  Lord,  who  rules  with  a  word 
The  untractable  sea. 
And  limits  its  rage  by  his  steadfast  decree : 
Whose  providence  binds  or  releases  the  winds, 

And  compels  them  again, 
At  his  beck,  to  put  on  the  invisible  chain. 
2  E'en  now  he  hath  heard  our  cry,  and  appear'd 

On  the  face  of  the  deep, 
^nd  commanded  the  tempest  its  distance  to  keep; 
His  piloting  hand  hath  brought  us  to  land, 

And,  no  longer  distress'd, 
We  are  joyful  again  in  the  haven  to  rest. 
i  O  that  all  men  would  raise  His  tribute  of  praise, 

His  goodness  declare, 
And  thankfully  sing  of  his  fatherly  care ; 
With  rapture  approve  His  dealings  of  love, 

And  the  wonders  proclaim 
Perform'd  by  the  virtue  of  Jesus's  Name. 


TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 


WATCH-NIGHT. 

1047  1st  P.  M.  6  line*  8s. 

A  solemn  vigil. 

HOW  many  pass  the  guilty  night 
In  revelling  and  frantic  mirth  ! 
The  creature  is  their  sole  delight — 

Their  happiness  the  things  of  earth  : 
For  us  suffice  the  season  past : 
We  choose  the  better  part  at  last. 

2  We  will  not  close  our  wakeful  eyes, 
We  will  not  let  our  eyelids  sleep, 

But  humbly  lift  them  to  the  skies, 

And  all  a  solemn  vigil  keep ; 
So  many  nights  on  sin  bestow'd, 
Can  we  not  watch  one  hour  for  God  ? 

3  We  can,  O  Jesus,  for  thy  sake, 
Devote  our  every  hour  to  thee  ; 

Speak  but  the  word,  our  souls  shall  wake, 

And  sing  with  cheerful  melody  : 
Thy  praise  shall  our  glad  tongues  employ, 
And  every  heart  shall  dance  for  jcy. 

4  Blest  object  of  our  faith  and  love, 
We  listen  for  thy  welcome  voice  ; 

Our  persons  and  our  works  approve, 

And  bid  us  in  thy  strength  rejoice  • 
Now  let  us  hear  the  mighty  cry, 
And  shout  to  find  the  Bridegroom  nigh. 

5  Shout  in  the  midst  of  us,  O  King 
Of  saints,  and  let  our  joys  abound  ; 

Let  us  rejoice,  give  thanks,  and  sing, 
And  triumph  in  redemption  found ; 
We  ask  in  faith  for  every  soul ; 
O  let  our  glorious  joy  be  full  1 


628       TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

6  O  may  we  all  triumphant  rise ; 

With  joy  upon  our  beads  return; 
And  far  above  these  netber  skies, 

By  thee  on  eagles'  wings  upborne, 
Through  all  yon  radiant  circles  move, 
And  gain  the*  highest  heaven  of  love. 

1048  lst  p-  M-  6  linea  &. 
A  living  sacrifice  vnto  the  Lord. 

TTTISDOM  ascribe,  and  might,  and  praise, 
t  V    To  God,  who  lengthens  out  our  days  : 
Who  spares  us  yet  another  year, 
And  makes  us  see  his  goodness  here  : 
O  may  we  all  the  time  redeem, 
And  henceforth  live  and  die  to  him ! 

2  How  often,  when  his  arm  was  bared, 
Hath  he  our  sinful  Israel  spared ; 

Let  me  alone, — his  mercy  cried, 
And  tum'd  the  vengeful  bolt  aside ; 
Indulged  another  kind  reprieve, 
And  strangely  suffer'd  us  to  live. 

3  Merciful  God,  how  shall  we  raise 
Our  hearts  to  pay  thee  all  thy  praise  ! 
Our  hearts  shall  beat  for  thee  alone  ; 

Our  lives  shall  make  thy  goodness  known ; 
Our  souls  and  bodies  shall  be  thine, 
A  living  sacrifice  divine. 

1049  c.  m. 

A  midnight  song. 

JOIN,  all  ye  ransom'd  song  of  grace, 
The  holy  joy  prolong, 
And  shout  "to  the  Redeemer's  praise 

A  solemn  midnight  song. 
2  Blessing,  and  thanks,  and  love,  and  might, 

Be  to  our  Jesus  given, 
Who  turns  our  darkness  into  light, 
Who  turns  our  hell  to  heaven. 


WATCH-NIGHT.  629 

S  Thither  our  faithM  souls  he  leads ; 

Thither  he  bids  us  rise, 
With  crowns  of  joy  upon  our  heads, 

To  meet  Him  in  the  skies. 


1050  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  8s. 

The  Bridegroom  cometh. 
"VTZ  virgin  souls,  arise ; 
I    With  all  the  dead,  awake ; 
Unto  salvation  wise, 
Oil  in  your  vessels  take  : 
Upstarting  at  the  midnight  cry — 
Behold  the  heavenly  Bridegroom  nigh ! 

2  He  comes,  he  comes,  to  call 
The  nations  to  his  bar, 

And  take  to  glory  all 

Who  meet  for  glory  are  : 
Made  ready  for  your  full  reward ; 
Go  forth  with  joy  to  meet  your  Lord. 

3  Go,  meet  him  in  the  sky, 
Your  everlasting  Friend ; 

Your  Head  to  glorify, 
With  all  his  saints  ascend  : 
Ye  pure  in  heart,  obtain  the  grace 
To  see,  without  a  veil,  his  face. 

4  The  everlasting  doors 
Shall  soon  the  saints  receive, 

With  seraphs,  thrones,  and  powers, 
In  glorious  joy  to  live  ; 
Far  from  a  world  of  grief  and  sin, 
With  God  eternally  shut  in. 

5  Then  let  us  wait  to  hear 

The  trumpet's  welcome  sound : 
To  see  our  Lord  appear, 

May  we  be  watching  found  : 
And  when  thou  dost  the  heavens  bow, 
Be  found — as.  Lord,  thou  find'st  us  now. 


UEAI 

n  Th 


630       TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

1051  llth  p-  M.  76,  76,  77,  76. 

The  midnight  cry. 
^RKEN  to  the  solemn  voice, 
The  awful  midnight  cry ; 
Waiting  souls,  rejoice,  rejoice, 

And  see  the  Bridegroom  nigh  : 
Lo,  he  comes  to  keep  his  word ; 

Light  and  joy  his  looks  impart ; 
Go  ye  forth  to  "meet  your  Lord, 
AJud  meet  him  in  your  heart. 

2  Ye  who  faint  beneath  the  load 

Of  sin,  your  heads  lift  up  ; 
See  your  gnat  redeeming  God; 

He  comes,  and  bids  you  hope. 
In  the  midnight  of  your  grief, 

Jesus  doth  his  mourners  cheer; 
Lo,  he  brings  you  sure  relief;. 

Believe,  and"  feel  him  here. 

1052  7th  r-  M-  8  linea  7a- 
Retrospect  of  a  year. 

WHILE,  with  ceaseless  course,  the  sun 
Hasted  through  the  former  year, 
Many  souls  their  race  have  run, 

Never  more  to  meet  us  here  : 
Fix'd  in  an  eternal  state, 

They  have  done  with  all  below, 
We  a  "little  longer  wait, 

But  how  little — none  can  know. 
2  As  the  winged  arrow  flies 

Speedily  the  mark  to  find  ; 
As  the  lightning  from  the  skies 

Darts,  and  leaves  no  trace  behind, — 
Swiftly  thus  our  fleeting  days 

Bear  us  down  life's  rapid  stream; 
Upward,  Lord,  our  spirits  raise  ; 

All  below  is  but  a  dream. 


NEW- YEAR.  (>31 


3  Thanks  For  mercies  past  receive  ; 

Pardon  of  our  sins  renew  ; 
Teach  us  henceforth  how  to  live 

With  eternity  in  view : 
Bless  thy  word  to  young:  and  old ; 

Fill  us  with  a  Saviour's  love ; 
And  when  life's  short  tale  is  told, 

May  we  reign  with  thee  above. 


NEW-YEAR. 

1053  18th  P.  M.  10,  5,  11. 

Renewed  fidelity  and  zeal. 

COME,  let  us  anew  our  journey  pursue, 
Roll  round  with  the  year, 
And  never  stand  still  till  the  Master  appear. 
His  adorable  will  let  us  gladly  fulfil, 

And  our  talents  improve, 
By  the  patience  of  hope,  and  the  labour  of  love. 

2  Our  life  is  a  dream ;  our  time,  as  a  stream, 

Glides  swiftly  away, 
And  the  fugitive  moment  refuses  to  stay. 
The  arrow  is  flown, — the  moment  is  gone  ; 

The  millennial  year 
Rushes  on  to  our  view,  and  eternity 's  here. 

3  O  that  each,  in  the  day  of  His  coming,  may 

say, — 
1  have  fought  my  way  through ; 
I  have  finish'd  the  work  thou  didst  give  me  to  do. 
O  that  each  from  his  Lord  may  receive  the  glad 
word, — 
Well  and  faithfully  done  ! 
Enter  into  my  joy,  and"  sit  down  on  my  throne. 


632      TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

1054  c.  IL 

Renewing  the  covenant. 

COME,  let  us  use  the  grace  divine, 
And  all,  with  one  accord, 
In  a  perpetual  cov'nant  join 

Ourselves  to  Christ  the  Lord; — 

2  Give  up  ourselves,  through  Jesus'  power, 
His  Name  to  glorify; 

And  promise,  in  this  sacred  hour, 
For  God  to  live  and  die. 

3  The  cov'nant  we  this  moment  make 
Be  ever  kept  in  mind  ; 

We  will  no  more  our  God  forsake, 
Or  cast  his  words  behind. 

4  We  never  will  throw  off  his  fear, 
Who  hears  our  solemn  vow ; 

And  if  thou  art  well  pleased  to  hear, 
Come  down,  and  meet  us  now. 

5  Thee,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Let  all  our  hearts  receive  ; 

Present  with  the  celestial  host, 
The  peaceful  answer  give. 

6  To  each  the  cov'nant  blood  apply, 
Which  takes  our  sins  away ; 

And  register  our  names  on  high, 
And  keep  us  to  that  day. 

1055  c.  m. 

With  praise  and  thanksgiving. 

SING  to  the  great  Jehovah's  praise ; 
,-_   All  praise  to  him  belongs ; 
Who  kindly  lengthens  out  our  days, 

Demands  our  choicest  songs: 
His  providence  hath  brought  us  through 

Another  various  year ; 
We  all,  with  vows  and  anthems  new, 
Before  our  God  appear. 


NEW-YEAR.  633 


2  Father,  thy  mercies  past  we  own, — 
Thy  still  continued  care, — 

To  thee  presenting,  through  thy  Son, 

Whate'er  we  have  or  are  : 
Our  lips  and  lives  shall  gladly  show 

The  wonders  of  thy  love  ; 
While  on  in  Jesus'  steps  we  go, 

To  seek  thy  face  above. 

3  Our  residue  of  day3  or  hoim 
Thine,  wholly  thine,  shall  be ; 

And  all  our  consecrated  powers 

A  sacrifice  to  thee, — 
Till  Jesus  in  the  clouds  appear, 

To  saints  on  earth  forgiven, 
And  bring  the  grand  Sabbatic  year, 

The  jubilee  of  heaven. 

105G  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  i 

The  barren  fig-tree. 

THE  Lord  of  earth  and  sky, 
The  God  of  ages,  praise, 
Who  reigns  enthroned  on  high, 
Ancient  of  endless  days, — 
Who  lengthens  out  our  trials  here, 
And  spares  us  yet  another  year. 

2  Barren  and  wifher'd  trees, 
We  cumber'd  long  the  ground ; 

No  fruit  of  holiness 

On  our  dead  souls  was  found ; 
Yet  doth  he  us  in  mercy  spare, 
Another  and  another  year. 

3  When  justice  bared  the  sword 
To  cut  the  fig-tree  down, 

The  pity  of  the  Lord 

Cried, — Let  it  still  alone  : 
The  Father  mild  inclines  his  ear, 
And  spares  us  yet  another  year. 


634       TIME   AND   ETERNITY. 

4  Jesus,  thy  speaking  blood 
From  God  oVjtain'd  the  grace, 

Who  therefore  hath  bestow'd 
On  us  a  lunger  space  ; 
Thou  didst  in  our  behalf  appear, 
And,  lo !  we  see  another  year. 

5  Then  dig  about  the  root; 
Break  up  our  fallow  ground ; 

And  let  our  gracious  fruit 
To  thv  great  praise  abound  j 
O  let  us  all  thy  praise  declare, 
And  fruit  uutoperfeetion  bear. 


BREVITY  AND  UNCERTAINTY 
OF  LIFE. 

1057  S.  m. 

On  bee/inning  a  new  year. 

OUR  few  revolving  years, 
How  swift  they  glide  away ; 
How  short  the  term  of  life  appears 
When  past — but  as  a  day  ! — 

2  A  dark  and  cloudy  day, 
Clouded  by  grief  and  sin; 

A  host  of  enemies  without, 
Distressing  fears  within. 

3  Lord,  through  another  year 
If  thou  permit  our  stay, 

With  diligence  may  we  pursue 
The  true  and  living-  way. 

1058  c.  M. 

Frailty  of  life. 

THEE  we  adore,  eternal  Name ! 
And  humbly  own  to  thee 
How  feeble  is  our  mortal  frame — 
What  dying  worms  aiu  we  '. 


UNCERTAINTY  OF  LIFE.    635 

2  Our  wasting  lives  grow  shorter  still, 
As  days  and  months  increase ; 

And  every  beating  pulse  we  tell, 
Leaves  but  the  number  less. 

3  The  year  rolls  round,  and  steals  away 
The  breath  that  first  it  gave  : 

Whate'er  we  do,  where'er  we  be, 
We  're  trav'ling  to  the  grave. 

4  Dangers  stand  thick  through  all  the  ground. 
To  push  us  to  the  tomb  ; 

And  fierce  diseases  wait  around, 
To  hurry  mortals  home. 

5  Infinite  joy,  or  endless  wo, 
Attends  on  every  breath  ; 

And  yet  how  unconcem"d  we  go, 
Upon  the  brink  of  death ! 

6  Waken,  O  Lord,  our  drowsy  sense 
To  walk  this  dang'rous  road ; 

And  if  our  souls  are  hurried  hence, 
May  they  be  found  with  God ! 

1059  c.  m. 

Man  frail — God  eternal. 

OGOD,  our  help  in  ages  past, 
Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 
Our  shelter  from  the  stormy  blast, 
And  our  eternal  home  : — 

2  Under  the  shadow  of  thy  throne 
Still  may  we  dwell  secure ; 

Sufficient  is  thine  arm  alone, 
And  our  defence  is  sure. 

3  Before  the  hills  in  order  stood, 
Or  earth  received  her  frame, 

From  everlasting  thou  art  God, 
To  endless  year3  the  same. 


636       TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

4  A  thousand  ages,  in  thy  sight, 
Are  like  an  evening  gone ; 

Short  as  the  watch  that  ends  the  night, 
Before  the  rising  sun. 

5  Time,  like  an  ever-rolling  stream, 
Bears  all  its  sons  away ; 

They  fly,  forgotten,  as  a  dream 
Dies  at  the  opening  day. 

6  The  busy  tribes  of  flesh  and  blood, 
With  all  their  cares  and  fears, 

Are  carried  downward  by  the  flood, 
And  lost  in  foll'wing  years. 

7  O  God,  our  help  in  ages  past, 
Our  hope  for  years  to  come ; 

Be  thou  our  guide  while  life  shall  last, 
And  our  perpetual  home. 

1060  L.  M. 

Earthly  things  vain  and  transitory. 

HOW  vain  is  all  beneath  the  skies ! 
How  transient  every  earthly  bliss ! 
How  slender  all  the  fondest  ties 
That  bind  us  to  a  world  like  this  I 

2  The  evening  cloud,  the  morning  dew, 
The  withering  grass,  the  fading  flower, 

Of  earthly  hopes  are  emblems  true — 
The  glory  of  a  passing  hour. 

3  But  though  earth's  fairest  blossoms  die, 
And  all  beneath  the  skies  is  vain, 

There  is  a  brighter  world  on  high, 
Beyond  the  reach  of  care  and  pain. 

4  Then  let  the  hope  of  joys  to  come 
Dispel  our  cares,  and  chase  our  fears  : 

If  God  be  ours,  we  ;re  trav'ling  home, 
Though  passing  through  a  vale  of  tears. 


UNCERTAINTY  OF  LIFE.     637 

1061  s.  m. 

Plea  for  sparing  mercy. 

LORD,  let  me  knew  mine  end ; 
My  days,  how  brief  their  date ; 
That  I  may  timely  comprehend 
How  frail  my  hest  estate. 

2  My  life  is  but  a  span  ; 

Mine  age  is  naught  with  thee ; 
And,  in  his  highest  honour,  man 
Is  dust  and  vanity. 

3  At  thy  rebuke  the  bloom 
Of  earthly  beauty  flies  ; 

And  grief  shall  like  a  moth  consume 
AH  that  delights  our  eyes. 

4  Have  pity  on  my  fears  ; 
Hearken  to  my  request ; 

Turn  not  in  silence  from  my  tears, 
But  give  the  mourner  rest. 

5  0  spare  me  yet,  I  pray ; 
Awhile  my  strength  restore, 

Ere  I  am  summon'd  hence  away, 
And  seen  on  earth  no  more. 

1062  l-  m. 

The  soul's  best  portion. 

ALMIGHTY  Maker  of  my  frame, 
Teach  me  the  measure  of  my  days ; 
Teach  me  to  know  how  frail  I  am, 
And  spend  the  remnant  to  thy  praise. 

2  My  days  are  shorter  than  a  span ; 
A  little  point  my  life  appears  ; 

How  frail,  at  best,  is  dying  man ! 
How  vain  are  all  his  hopes  and  fears ! 

3  Vain  his  ambition,  noise,  and  show ; 
Vain  are  the  cares  which  rack  his  mind  : 

He  heaps  up  treasures  mix'd  with  wo, 
And  dies,  and  leaves  them  all  behind. 


638       TDIE  AND  ETERNITY. 

4  O  be  a  nobler  portion  mine ! 

My  God,  I  bow  before  thy  throne; 
Earth's  fleeting  treasures  I  resign, 

And  fix  my  hope  on  thee  alone. 

1063  s.  M. 

Our  fathers  ;  where  are  ihey  t 

HOW  swift  the  torrent  rolls 
That  bears  us  to  the  sea; 
The  tide  that  harries  thoughtless  souls 
To  vast  eternity. 

2  Our  fathers,  where  are  they, 
With  all  they  eall'd  their  own  ? 

Their  joys  and  "griefs,  and  hopes  and  cares, 
And  wealth  and  honour,  gone. 

3  God  of  our  fathers,  hear, 
Thou  everlasting  Friend! 

While  we,  as  on  life's  utmost  verge, 
Our  souls  to  thee  commend. 

4  Of  all  the  pious  dead 

May  we  the  footsteps  trace, 
T-i  with  them,  in  the  land  of  light, 
We  dwell  before  thy  face. 

1064  4A  p-  M-  836> 886- 

The  brink  of  fate. 

LO '.  on  a  narrow  neck  of  land, 
'Twixt  two  unbounded  seas,  I  stand, 

Secure,  insensible : 
A  point  of  time,  a  moment's  space, 
Removes  me  to  that  heavenly  place, 

Or  shuts  me  up  in  hell. 
2  O  God,  mine  inmost  soul  convert, 
And  deeply  on  my  thoughtful  heart 

Eternal  things  impress : 
Give  me  to  feel  their  solemn  weight, 
And  tremble  on  the  brink  of  fate, 

And  wake  to  righteousness. 


UNCERTAINTY  OF  LIFE.    639 

3  Before  me  place,  in  dread  array, 
The  pomp  of  that  tremendous  day, 

When  thou  with  clouds  shalt  come 
To  judge  the  nations  at  thy  bar; 
And  tell  me,  Lord,  shall  I  be  there, 

To  meet  a  joyful  doom  ? 

4  Be  this  my  one  great  business  here — ■ 
With  serious  industry  and  fear 

Eternal  bliss  to'  ensure  ; 
Thine  utmost  counsel  to  fulfil, 
And  suffer  all  thy  righteous  will, 

And  to  the  end  endure. 

5  Then,  Saviour,  then  my  soul  receive, 
Transported  from  this  vale,  to  live 

And  reign  with  thee  above, 
Where  faith  is  sweetly  lost  in  sight, 
And  hope  in  full,  supreme  delight, 

And  everlasting  love. 

1065  l  .M. 

TJie  inevitable  doom. 

TREMENDOUS  God,  with  humble  fear, 
Prostrate  before  thy  awful  throne, 
Thy  word  unchangeable  we  hear — 

Thy  sov'reign  righteousness  we  own. 
2  'Tis  fit  we  should  to  dust  return, 

Since  such  the  will  of  God  Most  High-; 
In  sin  conceived,  to  trouble  bom, 

Bom  to  lament,  and  toil,  and  die. 
S  Submissive  to  thy  just  decree, 

We  all  shall  soon  from  earth  remove  j 
But  when  thou  sendest,  Lord,  for  me, 

O  let  the  messenger  be  love. 
4  Whisper  thy  love  into  my  heart ; 

Ware  me  of  my  approaching  end  ; 
And  then  I  joyfully  depart, 

And  then  I  to  thy  aims  ascend. 


G40       TIME   AND  ETERNITY. 

1063  L-  K. 

A  peaceful  death  expected,  and  prawd  for. 

SHRINKING  from  the  cold  hand  of  death, 
._   I  soon  shall  gather  np  my  feet ; 
Shall  soon  resign  this  fleeting  breath, 
And  die, — my  father.^  God  to  meet. 

2  Number'd  among  thy  people,  I 
Expect  with  joy  thy  face  to  see  : 

Because  thou  didst  for  sinners  die, 
Jesus,  in  death  remember  me ! 

8  O  that,  without  a  ling'ring  groan, 
I  may  the  welcome  word  receive ; 

My  body  with  my  charge  lay  down, 
And  cease  at  once  to  wort  and  live. 

4  Walk  with  me  through  the  dreadful  shade, 
And,  certified  that  thou  art  mine, 

My  spirit,  calm  and  undismay'd, 

1  shall  into  thy  hands  resign. 

5  No  anxious  doubt,  no  guilty  gloom, 
Shall  damp  whom  Jesus'  presence  cheers  : 

My  Light,  my  Life,  my  God  is  come, 
And  glory  in  his  face  appears. 

1067  l.  M. 

/  an  going  the  way  cf  all  the  earth. 

PASS  a  few  swiftly  fleeting  years, 
And  nil  that  now  hi  bodies"  live 
Shall  quit,  like  me,  the  vale  of  tears, 
Their  righteous  sentence  to  receive. 

2  But  all,  before  they  hence  remove, 
May  mansions  for  themselves  prepare 

In  that  eternal  house  above  ; 
And,  O  mv  God,  shall  I  be  there ! 


DEATH  AM)  EESUKRECHON. 
1068  s.  m. 

Solemn  thoughts  on  the  future. 

AND  sm  I  born  to  die  ? 
To  lay  this'  body  down! 
And  must  my  trembling  spirit  fly 

Into  a  world  unknown  ? — 
A  land  of  deepest  shade, 

Unpierced  by  human  thought; 
The  dreary  regions  of  the  dead, 
Where  all  things  are  forgot ! 

2  Soon  as  from  earth  I  go, 
What  will  become  of  me  ? 

Eternal  happiness  or  wo 

Must  then  my  portion  be  : 
Waked  by  the  trumpet's  sound, 

I  from  my  grave  shall  rise, 
And  see  the  Judge,  with  glory  crown'd, 

And  see  the  flaming  skies ! 

3  How  shall  I  leave  my  tomb — 
With  triumph  or  regret? 

A  fearful  or  a  .joyful  doom, 

A  curse  or  blessing,  meet- 
Will  angel  bands  convey 

Their  brother  to  the  bar? 
Or  devils  drag  my  soul  away,  . 

To  meet  its  sentence  there  I 

4  Who  can  resolve  the  doubt 
That  tears  my  anxious  breast! 

Shall  I  be  with  the  damn'd  cast  out, 
Or  number'd  with  the  blest  \ 

I  must  from  God  be  driven, 
Or  with  my  Saviour  dwell ; 

Must  come  at  his  command  to  heaven. 
Or  else— depart  to  hell !    - 
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642       TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

1069  c.  m. 

A  voice  from  the  grave. 

HARK !  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  sound ; 
My  tars,  attend  the  cry  : — 
Ye  living  men,  come  view  the  ground 
Where  you  must  shortly  lie. 

2  Princes,  this  clay  must  be  your  bed, 
In  spite,  of  all  your  towers ; 

The  tall,  the  wise,  the  reverend  head, 
Shall  lie  as  low  as  ours. 

3  Great  God !  is  this  our  certain  doom, 
And  are  we  still  secure! 

Still  walking  downward  to  the  tomb, 
And  yet  prepared  uo  more « 

4  Grant  us  the  power  of  quick'ning  grace, 
To  fit  our  souls  to  fiy ; 

Then,  when  we  drop  this  dying  flesh, 
We  '11  rise  above  the  sky  I 

1070  l.  m. 

ChrisCs  presence  makes  death  easy. 
WHY  should  we  start,  and  fear  to  die  ! 
lV    What  tim'rous  worms  we  mortals  arel 
Death  is  the  gate  to  endless  joy, 
And  yet  we  dread  to  enter  there. 

2  The  pains,  the  groans,  the  dying  strife, 
Fright  our  approaching  souls  away ; 

And  we  shrink  back  again  to  life, 
Fond  of  our  prison  and  our  clay. 

3  O  would  my  Lord  his  servant  meet, 

My  soul  would  stretch  her  wings  in  haste, 
Fly  fearless  through  death's  iron  gate, 
Nor  feel  the  terrors  as  she  pass'd. 

4  Jesus  can  make  a  dying  bed 
Feel  soft  as  downy  pillows  are, 

While  on  his  breast  I  lean  my  head, 
And  breathe  my  life  out  sweetly  there. 


DEATH  AND   RESURRECTION.   643 

1071  c.  M. 

Deatt^of  children. 

THY  life  I  read,  my  gracious  Lord, 
With  transport  a)  1  divine  ; 
Thine  image  trace  in  tvery  word, 
Thy  love  in  every  line. 

2  Methinks  I  see  a  thousand  charms 
Spread  o'er  thy  lovely  faoj, 

While  infants  in  thy  tender  ahns 
Receive  the  smiling  grace. 

3  I  take  these  little  lairibs,  said  he, 
And  lay  them  in  my  breast ; 

Protection  they  shall  find  in  me, 
In  me  be  ever  blest. 

4  Death  may  the  bands  of  life  unloose, 
But  can't  dissolve  my  love ; 

Millions  of  infant  souls*  compose 
The  family  above. 

5  His  words  the  happy  parents  hear, 
And  shout,  with  joys  divine, — 

O  Saviour,  all  we  have  and  are 
Shall  be  forever  thine. 

1072  4th  p-  M-  SS8,  SS6. 
The  momentous  question. 

AND  am  I  only  born  to  die  * 
And  must  I  suddenly  comply 

With  nature's  stern  decree? 
What  after  death  for  me  remains  S 
Celestial  j"ys,  or  hellish  pains, 

To  all  eternity. 
2  How  then  ought  I  on  earth  to  live, 
WThile  God  prolongs  the  kind  reprieve, 

And  props  the  house  of  clay? 
My  sole  concern,  my  single  care, 
To  watch,  and  tremble,  and  prepare 

Aeamst  that  fetal  day. 


644       TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

3  No  room  for  mirth  or  trifling  here, 
For  worldly  hope,  or  worldly  fear, 

If  life  so  soon  is  gone ; 
If  now  the  Judge  is  *t  the  door, 
And  all  mankind  mast  stand  before 

The'  inexorable  throne ! 

4  No  matter  which  my  thoughts  employ, 
A  moment's  misery  or  joy; 

But,  O !  when  both  sha'll  end, 
"Where  shall  I  find  my  destined  place! 
Shall  I  my  everlasting  days 

With  fiends  or  angels  spend! 

F  Nothing  is  worth  a  thought  beneath, 
But  how  I  may  escape  thedeath 

That  never,  never  dies ! 
How  make  mine  own  election  sure ; 
And  when  I  fail  on  earth,  secure 

A  mansion  in  the  skies. 

6  Jesns,  vouchsafe  a  pitying  ray ; 
Be  thou  my  Guide,  be  thou  my  Way 

To  glorious  happiness. 
Ah  !  write  the  pardon  on  my  heart ; 
And  whensoe'er  I  hence  depart, 

Let  me  depart  in  peace. 


1073  10th  P.  ML  8  lines  8s. 

The  grave  disarmed  of  its  terrors. 

MAN  dieth  anil  wasteth  away, 
And  where  is  he ! — Hark  !  from  the  skies, 
I  hear  a  voice  answer  and  say, — 

The  spirit  of  man  never  dies ! 
His  body,  which  came  from  the  earth, 

Must  'mingle  again  with  Hie  sod  ; — 
His  soul,  which  in  heaven  had  birth, 
Returns  to  the  bosom  of  God. 


DEATH  AND  RESURRECTION.   645 

2  No  terror  has  death,  or  the  grave, 
To  those  who  believe  in  the  Lord — 

Who  know  the  Redeemer  can  save, 
And  lean  on  the  faith  of  his  word  : 

"While  ashes  to  ashes,  and  dust 
"We  give  unto  dust,  in  our  gloom, 

The  light  of  salvation  we  trust, 
Which  hangs  like  a  lamp  in  the  tomb. 

3  O  Lord  God  Almighty!  to  thee 
We  turn,  as  our  solace  above ; 

The  waters  may  fail  from  the  sea, 
But  never  thy  fountains  of  love  : 

O  teach  us  thy  will  to  obey, 
And  sing,  with  one  heart  and  accord, — 

He  gave,  and  he  taketh  away, 
And  praised  be  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

1074  c.  m. 

Victory  over  the  fears  of  death. 

OFOR  an  overcoming  faith, 
To  cheer  my  dying  hours, — 
To  triumph  o'er  approaching  death, 
And  all  his  frightful  powers. 

.     2  Joyful,  with  all  the  strength  I  have, 

My  quiv'ring  lips  should  sing, — 

Where  is  thy  boasted  vict'ry,  Grave! 

And  where,  0  Death,  thy  sting' 2 

3  If  sin  be  pardon'd,  I  'm  secure  ; 
Death  has  no  sting  beside  : 

The  law  gives  siu  its  damning  power, 
But  Christ,  my  ransom,  died. 

4  Now  to  the  God  of  victory 
Immortal  thanks  be  paid, — 

Who  makes  us  ccnqu'rors,  while  we  die, 
Through  Christ,  our  living  Head. 


646     tenie  and  eternity. 
1075  l.  m. 

Disembodied  saints. 

THE  saints  who  die  of  Christ  possess'd, 
Enter  into  immediate  rest; 
For  them  no  further  test  remains, 
Of  purging  fires  and  torturing  pains. 

2  Who  trusting  in  their  Lord  depart, 
Cleansed  from  all  sin,  and  pure  in  heart, 
The  bliss  unmix 'd,  the  glorious  prize, 
They  find  with  Christ  in  paradise. 

3  Yet,  glorified  by  grace  alone, 

They  cast  their  crowns  before  the  throne, 
And  fill  the  echoing  courts  above 
With  praises  of  redeeming  love. 

1076  L-  M. 

The  Christian's  parting  hour. 

HOW  sweet  the  hour  of  closing  day, 
When  all  is  peaceful  and  serene, 
Aid  when  the  sun,  with  cloudless  ray, 
Sheds  mellow  lustre  o'er  the  scene ! 

2  Such  is  the  Christian's  parting  hour; 
So  peacefully  he  sinks  to  rest ; 

When  faith,  endued  from  heaven  with  power, 
Sustains  and  cheers  his  languid  breast. 

3  Mark  but  that  radiance  of  his  eye, 
That  smile  upon  his  wasted  cheek; 

They  tell  us  of  his  g-lory  nigh, 
In  language  that  no  tongue  can  speak. 

4  A  beam  from  heaven  is  sent  to  cheer 
The  pilgrim  on  his  gloomy  road; 

And  angels  are  attending  near, 
To  bear  him  to  their  bright  abode. 

5  Who  would  not  wish  to  die  like  those 
Whom  God's  own  Spirit  deigns  to  bless! 

To  sink  into  that  soft  repose, 
Then  wake  to  perfectiiappiness  • 


DEATH  AND  RESURRECTION.  647 

1077  P.  M.  66,  86,  88. 

Friends  separated  for  a  season. 

FRIEND  after  friend  departs  : 
Who  hath  not  lost  a  friend  ? 
There  is  no  union  here  of  hearts 
That  finds  not  here  an  end : 
"Were  this  frail  world  our  only  rest, 
Living  or  dying,  none  were  blest. 

2  Beyond  the  flight  of  time, 
Beyond  this  vale  of  death, 

There  surely  is  some  blessed  clime 
Where  life  is  not  a  breath, 
Nor  life's  affection  transient  fire, 
Whose  sparks  fly  upward  to  expire. 

3  There  is  a  world  above, 
Where  parting  is  unknown 

A  whole  eternity  of  love, 
Form'd  for  the  good  alone : 
And  faith  beholds  the  dying  here 
Translated  to  that  happier  sphere. 

4  Thus  star  by  star  declines, 
Till  all  are  pass'd  away, 

As  morning  high  and  higher  shines, 
To  pure  and  perfect  day, 
Nor  sink  those  stars  in  emp"ty  night, — 
They  hide  themselves  in  heaven's  own  light, 

1078  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  7s. 
Blessedness  of  those  who  die  in  the  Lord, 


HARK '.  a  voice  divides  the  sky  : — 
Happy  are  the  faithful  dead! 
In  the  Lord  who  sweetly  die, 

They  from  all  their  toils  are  freed; 
Them  the  Spirit  hath  declared 

Blest,  unutterably  blest ; 
Jesus  is  their  great  reward, 
Jesus  is  their  endless  rest. 


61:8       TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

2  Follow'd  by  their  works  they  go, 

Where  their  Head  is  gone  before ; 
Reconciled  by  grace  below, 

Grace  hath"  open'd  mercy's  door ; 
Justified  through  faith  alone, 

Here  they  knew  their  sins  forgiven ; 
Here  they  laid  their  burden  down, 

Hallow'd,  and  made  meet  for  heaven. 


1079  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  tg. 

Continued. — The  Saviour's  smile. 

XVfHY  should  we  lament  the  lot 
V?    Of  a  saint  in  Christ  deceased? 
Let  the  world,  who  know  us  not, 

Call  us  hopeless  and  unblest : 
When  from  flesh  the  spirit,. freed, 

Hastens  homeward  to  return, 
Mortals  cry,— A  man  is  dead! 

Angels  sing, — A  child  is  bom ! 

2  Bom  into  the  world  above, 
They  our  happy  brother  greet; 

Bear  him  to  the  throne  of  love, 
Place  him  at  the  Saviour's  feet : 

Jesus  smiles,  and  says, — Well  done  I 
Good  and  faithful  "servant  thou ! 

Enter  and  receive  thy  crown  ; 
Reign  with  me  triumphant  now. 

3  Angels  catch  the'  approving  sound, 
B  w,  and  bless  the  just  award; 

Hail  the  heir  with  glory  crown'd, 
Now  rej  icing  with  his  Lord, — 

Fuller  joys  ordain'd  to  know, 
Waiting  for  the  gen'ral  doom. 

When  the'  archangel's  trump  shall  blow- 
Rise,  ye  dead,  to  judgment  cornel 


DEATH  AND  RESURRECTION.  049 

1080  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

Lord  JesiiSj  receive  my  spirit. 
TESUS,  was  ever  love  like  thine ! 
O   Thy  life  a  scene  of  wonder  is  ; 
Thy  death  itself  is  all  divine, 

While,  pleased  thy  spirit  to  dismiss, 
Thou  dost  out  of  the*  flesh  retire, 
And  like  the  Prince  of  life  expire. 

2  Thy  death  supports  the  dying  saint ; 
Thy  death  my  sov'reign  comfort  be 

While  feeble  flesh  and  nature  faint, 

Arm  with  thy  mortal  agony; 
And  fill,  while  soul  and  body  part, 
With  life,  immortal  life,  my  heart. 

3  O  let  thy  death's  mysterious  power, 
With  all  its  sacred  weight,  descend, 

To  consecrate  my  final  hour, — 

To  bless  me  with  thy  peaceful  end : 
And,  breathed  into  the  hands  divine, 
My  spirit  be  received  with  thine. 

1081  s.  m. 

Let  me  die  the  death  of  the  righteous. 

OFOR  the  death  of  those 
Who  slumber  in  the  Lord  ! 
O  be  like  theirs  my  last  repose, 
Like  theirs  my  last  reward. 

2  Their  bodies  in  the  ground, 
In  silent  hope,  may  lie, 

Till  the  last  trumpet's  joyful  sound 
Shall  call  them  to  the  sky. 

3  Their  ransom'd  spirits  soar, 
On  wings  of  faith  and  love, 

To  meet  the  Saviour  they  adore, 
And  reign  with  him  above. 


650       TIME   AND  ETERNITY. 

4  O  for  the  death  of  those 

Who  slumber  in  the  Lord ! 
O  be  like  theirs  my  last  repose, 

Like  theirs  my  last  reward. 

1082  c.  m. 

Death  gain  to  the  faithful. 
~V\JYTi  should  our  tears  in  sorrow  flow 
\  t     When  God  recalls  his  own, 
And  bids  them  leave  a  world  of  wo, 
For  an  immortal  crown! 

2  Is  not  e'en  death  a  gain  to  those 
Whose  life  to  God  was  given! 

Gladly  to  earth  their  eyes  they  close, 
To  open  them  in  heaven. 

3  Their  toils  are  past,  their  work  is  done, 
And  they  are  fully  blest ; 

Tbey  fought  the  fight,  the  vlct'ry  won, 
'And  euter'd  into  rest. 

4  Then  let  our  sorrows  cease  to  flow ; 
God  has  recall'd  his  own; 

But  let  our  hearts,  in  every  wo, 
Still  say, — Thy  will  be  done. 

1083  **  M- 

The  end  of  that  man  is  peace. 

HOW  blest  the  righteous  when  he  diesl 
When  sinks  a  weary  soul  to  rest! 
How  mildly  beam  the  closing  eyes ! 

How  gently  heaves  the'  expiring  breast! 
2  So  fades  a  summer  cloud  away  ; 

So  sinks  the  gale  when  storms  are  o'er; 
So  gently  shuts  the  eye  of  day; 

So  dies  a  wave  along  the  sl'iore. 
8  A  holy  quiet  reiirns  around. — 

A  calm  which  life  nor  death  destroys; 
And  naught  disturbs  that  peace  profound 

Which  his  unfetter'd  soul  enjoys. 


DEATH  AND  RESURRECTION.   651 

4  Farewell,  conflicting  hopes  and  fears, 
Where  lights  and  shades  alternate  dwell  t 

How  bright  the'  unchanging  morn  appears  I 
Farewell,  inconstant  world,  farewell ! 

5  Life's  labour  done,  as  sinks  the  clay, — 
Light  from  its  load  the  spirit  flies, 

While  heaven  and  earth  combine  to  say, — 
How  blest  the  righteous  when  he  dies ! 

1084  c.  m. 

The  death  of  a  pastor. 
WO  thee,  O  God,  when  creatures  fail, 
JL   Thy  flock,  deserted,  flies; 
And  on  the'  eternal  Shepherd's  care, 
Our  steadfast  hope  relies. 

2  When  o'er  thy  faithful  servant's  dust 
Thy  saints  assembled  mourn, 

In  speedy  tokens  of  thy  grace, 
O  Zion's  God,  return"! 

3  The  powers  of  nature  all  are  thine, 
And  thine  the  aids  of  grace  ; 

Thine  arm  has  borne  thy  churches  up, 
Through  each  succeeding  race. 

4  Exert  thy  sacred  influence  here, 
And  here  thy  suppliants  bless  ; 

And  change  to"  strains  of  cheerful  praise 
Our  accents  of  distress. 

1085  lst  p-  M.  6  lines  8s. 
— Wlwse  faith  follow. 

TIE 'S  gone  !  the  spotless  .soul  is  gone, 
II  Triumphant,  to  his  place  above  ; 
The  prison  walls  are  broken  down ; 

The  angels  speed  his  swift  remove, 
And,  shouting,  on  their  wings  he  flies, 
And  gains  his  rest  in  paradise. 


652       TDIE  A^TO  ETERXITY. 

2  Saved  by  the  merit  of  his  Lord, 
Glory  and  praise  to  Christ  he  gives ; 

Yet  still  his  merciful  reward 

According  to  his  works  receives ; 
And  with  the  seed  he  sow'd  below, 
His  bliss  eternally  shall  grow. 

3  Father,  to  r.s  vouchsafe  the  grace 
Which  brought  our  friend  victorious  throng 

Let  us  his  shining  footsteps  trace ; 

Let  us  his  steadfast  faith  pursue ; 
Follow  this  foll'wer  of  the  Lamb, 
And  conquer  all  through  Jesus'  Xame. 

4  O  may  we  all,  like  him,  believe, 

And  keep  the  faith,  and  win  the  prize! 
Father,  prepare,  and  then  receive 

Our  hall.iw'd  spirits  to  the  skies, 
To  chant,  with  all  our  friends  above, 
Thy  glorious,  everlasting  love. 

1086  s.  m. 

The  crowning  hour. 
QERVANT  of  God,  well  done ! 
f*  Thv  glorious  warfare  's  past; 
The  battle's  fought,  the  race  is  won, 
And  thou  art  erown'd  at  last ; — 

2  Of  all  thy  heart's  desire    • 
Triumphantly  possess'd  ; 

Lodged  by  the  ministerial  choir 
In  thy  Redeemer's  breast. 

3  Tn  condescending  love, 

Thy  ceaseless  prayer  He  heard; 
And  bade  thee  suddenly  remove 
To  thy  complete  reward. 

4  With  saints  enthroned  on  high, 
Thou  dost  thy  Lord  proclaim, 

And  still  to  God  salvation  cry,— 
Salvation  to  the  Lamb  ! 


DEATH  AND  RESURRECTION.   653 

5  O  happy,  happy  soul  t 
In  ecstasies  of  praise, 

Long  as  eternal  ages  roll, 
Thou  seest  thy  Saviour's  face. 

6  Redeem'd  from  earth  and  pain, 
Ah  !  when  shall  ive  ascend, 

And  all  in  Jesus'  presence  reign 
With  our  translated  friend ! 


1087  10th  P.  M.  8  lines  8a. 

At  rest,  and  happy. 

HOW  West  is  our  brother,  bereft 
Of  all  that  could  burden  his  mind! 
How  easy  the  soul  that  has  left 
This  wearisome  body  behind  1 
This  earth  is  affected  no  more 

With  sickness,  or  shaken  with  pain  ; 
The  war  in  the  members  is  o'er, 
And  never  shall  vex  him  again. 

2  No  anger,  henceforward,  or  shame, 
Shall  redden  this  innocent  clay  : 

Extinct  is  the  animal  flame, 
And  passion  is  vanish'd  away. 

This  languishing  head  is  at  rest; 
Its  thinking  and  aching  are  o'er; 

This  quiet,  immovable  breast 
Is  heaved  by  affliction  no  more. 

3  The  lids  he  so  seldom  could  close, 
By  sorrow  forbidden  to  sleep, 

Now  seal'd  in  their  mortal  repose, 
Have  strangely  forgotten  to  weep; 

The  fountains  can  yield  no  supplies; 
These  hollows  from  water  are  free ; 

The  tears  are  all  wiped  from  these  eyes, 
And  evil  they  never  shall  see. 


654      TIME  AXD  ETERNITY. 

1088  10th  P.  M.  8  lines  8s. 
Happy  death  of  a  sister  in  the  Lord. 

HOSAXXA  to  Jesus  on  high ! 
Another  has  enler'd  his  rest : 
Another  has  'scaped  to  the  sky, 

And  lodged  in  Immanuel's  breast ; 
The  soul  of  our  sister  is  gone, 

To  heighten  the  triumph  above ; 
Exalted  to  Jesus's  throne, 
And  clasp?d  in  the  arms  of  his  love. 

2  How  happy  the  angels  that  fall 
Transported  at  Jesus 's  name ; 

The  saints  whom  he  soonest  shall  call, 
To  share  in  the  feast  of  the  Lamb! 

Ho  longer  imprison'd  in  clay, 

Who  next  from  the  dungeon  shall  flyl 

Who  first  shall  be  summou'd  away!— 
My  merciful  Lord — Is  it  I? 

3  O  Jesus,  if  this  be  thy  will, 
That  suddenly  I  should  depart, 

Thy  counsel  of  mercy  reveal, 
And  whisper  thy  call  in  my  heart; 

O  give  me  a  signal  to  know 
If  soon  thou  wouldst  have  me  remove, 

And  leave  the  dull  body  below, 
And  fly  to  the  regions  above. 

1089  10th  P.  M.  8  lines  8s. 

Triumphant  death  of  a  brother. 

EP  not  for  a  brother  deceased ; 


ws 


Our  loss  is  his  infinite  gain ; 
A  soul  out  of  prison  released, 

And  freed  from  its  bodily  chain ; 
With  songs  let  us  follow  his  flight, 

And  mount  with  his  spirit  above, 
Escaped  to  the  mansions  of  light, 

And  lodged  in  the  Eden  of  love. 


DEATH  AND  RESURRECTION.   655 

&  Our  brother  the  haven  hath  gain'd, 

Outflying  the  tempest  and  wind ; 
His  rest  he  hath,  sooner  obtain'd, 

And  left  his  companions  behind, 
Still  toss'd  on  a  sea  of  distress, 

Hard  toiling  to  make  the  blest  shore, 
Where  all  is  assurance  and  peace, 

And  sorrow  and  sin  are  no  more. 

3  There  all  the  ship's  company  meet, 

Who  sail'd  with  the  Saviour  beneath; 
With  shouting  each  other  they  greet, 

And  triumph  o'er  sorrow  and  death: 
The  voyage  of  life  's  at  an  end ; 

The  mortal  affliction  is  past  : 
The  age  that  hi  heaven  they  spend, 

Forever  and  ever  shall  last. 


1090  9th  P.  M.  87,  87,  87,  87 

The  dying  Christian. 

HAPPY  soul,  thy  days  are  ending, 
All  thy  mourning  days  below  ; 
Go, — the  angel  guards  attending,— 

To  the  sight  of  Jesus  go. 
Waiting  to  receive  thy  spirit, 

Lo  !  the  Saviour  stands  above ; 

Shows  the  purchase  of  his  merit, 

Reaches  out  the  crown  of  love. 

2  Struggle  through  thy  latest  passioa, 

To  thy  great  Redeemer's  breast; 
To  his  uttermost  salvation, 

To  his  everlasting  rest. 
For  the  joy  he  sets  before  thee, 

Bear  a  momentary  pain ; 
Die,  to  live  a  life  of  glory ; 

Suffer,  with  thy  Lord  to  reign. 


656       TDIE  AXD  ETERNITY. 

1091  l.  n. 

The  grave  shall  restore  its  trust. 
TTNVEIL  thy  bosom,  faithful  tomb ; 
U   Take  this  new  treasure  to  thy  trust ; 
And  give  these  sacred  relics  room 
To  slumber  hi  the  silent  dust. 

2  Nor  pain,  nor  grief,  nor  anxious  fear 
Invade  thy  bounds  :  no  mortal  woes 

Can  reach  the  peaceful  sleeper  here, 
AVhile  angels  watch  the  soft  repose. 

3  So  Jesus  slept ; — God's  dying  Son 

Pass'd  through  the  grave," and  blest  the  bed; 
Rest  here,  blest  saint,  till  from  his  throne 
The  morning  break,  and  pierce  the  shade. 

4  Break  from  his  throne,  illustrious  morn ; 
Attend,  O  earth !  his  sov'reign  word; 

Restore  thy  trust — a  glorious  form — 
Call'd  to  ascend  and  meet  the  Lord. 

1092  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  7s. 
Absent  from  the  body— present  with  the  Lord. 

LO !  the  pris'ner  is  released, 
Lighten'd  of  his  fleshly  load ; 
"Where  the  weary  are  at  rest, 

He  is  gather'd'into  God! 
Lo !  the  pain  of  life  is  past, 

All  his  warfare  now  is  o'er : 
Death  and  hell  behind  are  cast; 

Grief  and  suff'ring  are  no  more. 
2  Join  we  then,  with  one  accord, 

In  the  new  and  jovful  song : 
Absent  from  our  loving  Lord, 

We  shall  not  continue  long ; 
We  shall  quit  the  house  of  clay, 

We  a  better  lot  shall  share, 
We  shall  see  the  realms  of  day, 

Meet  our  happy  brother  there. 


DEATH  AND  RESURRECTION.   657 

1093  L-  M. 

JDay  da-wns  on  the  night  of  the  grave. 

SHALL  man,  O  God  of  light  and  life, 
Forever  moulder  in  the  grave  ? 
Canst  thou  forget  thy  glorious  work, 
Thy  promise,  and  thy  power,  to  save  ? 

2  In  those  dark,  silent  realms  of  night 
Shall  peace  and  hope  no  more  arise  1 

No  future  morning  light  the  tomb, 
Nor  day-star  gild  the  darksome  skies  ? 

3  Cease — cease,  ye  vain,  desponding  fears : 
"When  Christ,  our  Lord,  from  darkness  sprang, 

Death,  the  last  foe,  was  captive  led, 
And  heaven  with  praise  and  wonder  rang. 

4  Faith  sees  the  bright,  eternal  doors 
Unfold,  to  make  his  children  way ; 

They  shall  be  clothed  with  endless  life, 
And  shine  in  everlasting  day. 

5  The  trump  shall  sound — the  dead  shall  wake; 
From  the  cold  tomb  the  slumb'rers  spring  -T 

Through  heaven,  with  joy,  their  myriads  rise, 
And  hail  their  Saviour  and  their  King. 

1094  c.  M. 

Certainty  of  the  resurrection  dispels  the  gloom 
of  the  grave. 
"nj"HY  do  we  mourn  for  dying  friends, 
TV    Or  shake  at  death's  alarms  1 
'Tis  but  the  voice  that  Jesus  sends, 
To  call  them  to  his  arms. 

2  Are  we  not  tending  upward  too, 
As  fast  as  time  can  move? 

Nor  should  we  wish  the  hours  more  slow, 
To  keep  us  from  our  love. 

3  Why  should  we  tremble  to  convey 
Their  bodies  to  the  tomb  ! 

There  once  the  flesh  of  Jesus  lay, 
And  left  a  long  perfume. 


658      TDIE  AXD  ETERXITY. 

4  The  graves  of  all  his  saints  he  blest, 
And  soften'd  every  bed : 

Where  should  the  dying  members  rest, 
But  with  their  dying  Head  S 

5  Thence  he  arose,  ascending  high, 
And  sh'ow'd  onr  feet  the  way  : 

Up  to  the  Lord  our  flesh  shall  fly, 
At  the  great  rising  day. 

6  Then  let  the  last,  loud  trumpet  sound, 
And  bid  our  kindred  rise  : — 

Awake,  ye  na!i"iis  under  ground; 
Ye  Enints,  ascend  the  skies. 

1095  c.  M. 

Awaking  from  the  dust  with  shouts  of  praise. 

THROUGH  sorrow's  night,  and  danger's  path, 
Amid  the  deep'ning  gloom,- 
We,  foll'wers  of  our  sutf'ring  Lord, 
Are  marching  to  the  tomb. 

2  There,  when  the  turmoil  is  no  more, 
And  all  our  powers  decay, 

Our  cold  remains  in  solitude 
Shall  sleep  the  years  away. 

3  Our  labours  done,  securely  laid 
In  this  our  last  retreat, 

Unheeded,  o'er  our  silent  dust, 
The  storms  of  earth  may  beat. 

4  Yet  not  thus  buried,  or  extinct, 
The  vital  spark  shall  lie ; 

For  o'er  life's  wreck  that  spark  shall  rise 
To  seek  its  kindred  sky. 

5  These  ashes,  too,  this  little  dust, 
Our  Father's  care  shall  keep, 

Till  the  last  angel  rise  and  break 
The  long  and  dreary  sleep. 


DEATH  AND  RESURRECTION.   659 

1096  s.  m. 

%own  a  natural  body,  raised  a  spiritual  body. 

AND  must  this  body  die— 
This  well- wrought  frame  decay? 
And  must  these  active  limbs  of  mine 
Lie  mould 'ring  in  the  clay? 

2  Corruption,  earth,  and  worms, 
Shall  but  refine  this  flesh, 

Till  my  triumphant  spirit  comes 
To  put  it  on  afresh. 

3  God  my  Redeemer  lives, 
And  ever  from  the  skies 

Looks  down,  and  watches  all  my  dust, 
Till  he  shall  bid  it  rise. 


And  every  shape,  and  every  face, 
Be  heavenly  and  divine. 

5  These  lively  hopes  we  owe, 
Lord,  to  thy  dying  love  : 

O  may  we  bless  thy  grace  below, 
And  sing  thy  grace  above  ! 

6  Saviour,  accept  the  praise 
Of  these  our  humble  songs, 

Till  tunes  of  nobler  sound  we  raise 
With  our  immortal  tongues. 

1097  lm. 

Sown  in  weakness,  raised  in  glory. 

THE  morning  flowers  display  their  sweets., 
And  gay  their  silken  leaves  unfold, 
As  careless  of  the  noontide  heats, 
As  fearless  of  the  evening  cold. 
2  Nipp'd  by  the  wind's  untimely  blast, 

Parch'd  by  the  sun's  directer  ray, 
The  momentary  glories  waste, 
The  short-lived  beauties  die  away. 


6G0     TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

3  So  blooms  the  human  face  divine, 
When  youth  its  pride  of  beauty  shows : 

Fairer  than  spring  the  colours  shine, 
And  sweeter  than  the  virgin  rose. 

4  Or  worn  by  slowly-rolling  years, 
Or  broke  by  sickness  in  a  day, 

The  fading  glory  disappears, 

The  short-lived  beauties  die  away. 

5  Yet  these,  new  rising  from  the  tomo", 
With  lustre  brighter  far  shall  shine, 

Revive  with  ever-during  bloom, 
Safe  from  diseases  and  decline. 

6  Let  sickness  blast,  let  death  devour, 
If  heaven  must  recompense  our  paius; 

Perish  the  grass,  and  fade  the  flower, 
If  firm  the  word  of  God  remains. 


1098  s. 

The  pledge  of  immortality. 

OUR  great  C  :  God, 

Who  bu::f  louse  of  clay, 

Can  re-inspir       a  breathless  clod, 

In  his  appointed  day. 
From  dust  he  form'd  "us  man, 

And  shall  we  doubt  his  power! 
No,  surely  the  Almighty  can 
Our  moulder'd  dust  restore. 

2  Who  breathed  into  our  earth 

The  breath  of  life  divine, 
Can,  by  a  new  celestial  birth, 

God  and  the  sinner  join: 
Thus  we  the  pledge  receive 

Of  immortality. 
Sure  that  our  bodies  too  shall  Liv6 

Forever  one  with  thee. 


DEATH  AND  RESURRECTION..   60 1 

1099  1st  P.  M.  6  :        83. 
In  my  flesh  shall  I  see  God. 

I  CALL  the  world's  Redeemer  mn     ; 
He  lives  who  died  for  me,  I  kn      , — 
Who  bought  my  soul  with  blood  d    me  : 

Jesus  shall  re-appear  below,— 
Stand  in  that  dreadful  day  unknown, 
And  fix  on  earth  his  heavenly  throne. 

2  Then  the  last  judgment-day  shall  come , 
And  though  the  worms  this  skin  devour, 

The  Judge  shall  call  me  from  the  tomb, 

Shall  bid  the  greedy  grave  restore, 
And  raise  this  individual  me, 
God  in  the  flesh,  my  God,  to  see. 

3  In  this  identic  body,  I, 

With,  eyes  of  flesh  refined,  restored, 
Shall  see  that  self-same  Saviour  nigh, 

See  for  myself  my  smiling  Lord  ; 
See  with  ineffable  delightj 
Nor  faint  to  bear  the  glorious  sight. 

4  Then  let  the  worms  demand  their  prey, 
The  greedy  grav3  my  reins  consume  ; 

With  joy  I  drop  my  mould 'ring  clay, 

And  rest  till  my  Redeemer  come ; 
On  Christ  my  life,  in  death  rely, 
Secure  that  I  can  never  die. 

1100  c.  M. 

Exulting  in  the  final  victory. 

WHEN  the  last  trumpet's  awful  voice 
This  rending  earth  shall  shake, — 
When  opening  graves  shall  yield  their  charge, 

And  dust  to  life  awake, — 
2  Those  bodies  that  corrupted  fell 

Shall  incorrupt  arise, 
And  mortal  forms  shall  spring  to  life 
Immortal  in  the  skies. 


662      TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

3  Behold,  what  heavenly  prophets  sung 
Is  now  at  last  fulfill'd ; 

And  Death  yields  up  his  ancient  reign. 
And,  vanquished,  quits  the  field. 

4  Let  Faith  exalt  her  joyful  voice, 
And  now  in  triumph  sing : — 

O  Grave,  where  is  thy  victory! 
And  where,  O  Death,  thy  sting! 

1101  7th  P.  M.  8  line*  7s. 

Clothed  with  immortality. 

SPIRIT,  leave  thy  house  of  clay ; 
Ling'ring  dust,  resign  thy  breath; 
Spirit,  cast  thy  chains  away; 

Dust,  be  thou  dissolved  in  death : — 
Thus  the  mighty  Saviour  speaks, 

While  the  faithful  Christian  dies; 
Thus  the  bonds  of  life  he  breaks, 
And  the  ransorn'd  capti»-        •  s. 


2  Pris'ner,  long  detain'd  bi 
Pris'ner,  now  with  freedom    n  st, 

Welcome  from  a  world  of  w    , 
Welcome  to  a  land  of  rest : — 

Thus  the  choir  of  angels  sing, 
As  they  bear  the  soul  on  high, 

While  with  hallelujahs  ring 
All  the  regions  ot  the  sky. 

3  Grave,  the  guardian  of  our  dust, 
Grave,  the  treasury  of  the  skies, 

Every  atom  of  thy  trust 
Rests  in  hope  again  to  rise  : 

Hark!  the  judgment-trumpet  calls- 
Soul,  rebuild  thy  house  of  clay ; 

Immortality  thy  walls, 
And  eternity  thy  day. 


THE  DAY  OF  JUDGMENT. 

1102  4th  P.  M.  836,  886. 
Tokens  of  the  judgment  a  source  of  joy  to  the 

believer. 
JJOW  happy  are  the  little  flock, 
±1  Who,  safe  beneath  their  guardian-rock, 

In  all  commotions  rest! 
"When  war's  and  turaolt's  waves  run  high, 
Unmoved,  above  the  storm  they  lie, 

They  lodge  in  Jesus'  breast. 
2  The  plague,  and  dearth,  and  din  of  war, 
Our  Saviour's  swift  approach  declare, 

And  bid  our  hearts  arise  :    ■ 
Earth's  basis  shook,  confirms  our  hope; 
Its  cities'  fall,  but  lifts  us  up, 

To  meet  thee  in  the  skies. 
S  Thy  tokens  we  with  joy  confess, 
The  war  proclaims  the  Prince  of  peace, 

The  earthquake  speaks  thy  power : 
The  famine  all  thy  fulness  brings, 
The  plague  presents  thy  healing  wings, 

And  nature's  final  hour. 
4  Whatever  ills  the  world  befall 
A  pledge  of  endless  good  we  call, 

A  sign  of  Jesus  near  : 
His  chariot  will  not  long  delay ; 
We  hear  the  rumbling  wheels,  and  pray, — 

Triumphant  Lord,  appear. 

1103  8th  P.  M.  87,  87,  47. 

We  also  shall  appear  with  Him  in  glory. 

LIFT  your  heads,  ye  friends  of  Jesus, 
Partners  in  his  patience  here  : 
Christ,  to  all  believers  precious, 
Lord  of  lords,  shall  soon  appear: 

Mark  the  tokens 
Of  his  heavenly  kingdom  near. 


664      TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

2  Sun  and  moon  are  both  confounded, 
Darken'd  into  endless  night, 

When,  with  angel-hosts  surrounded, 
In  his  Father's  glory  bright, 

Beams  the  Saviour, 
Shines  the  everlasting  light. 

3  See  the  stars  from  heaven  falling ; 
Hark,  on  earth  the  doleful  cry ; 

Men  on  rocks  and  mountains  calling, 
While  the  frowning  Judge  draws  nigh : 

Hide  us,  hide  us, 
Rocks  and  mountains,  from  his  eye! 

4  With  what  cliff-rent  exclamation 
Shall  the  saints  his  banner  see ! 

By  the  tokens  of  his  passii  a, 
By  the  marks  received  for  me  : — 

All  discern  him  : 
All  with  shouts  cry  out,— 'Tis  Hel 

5  Lo!  'tis  He!  our  hearts'  Desire, 
Come  for  his  espoused  below ; 

Come  to  join  us  with  his  choir. 
Come  to  make  our  joys  o'erflon  : 

Palms  of  vict'ry, 
Crowns  of  glory,  to  bestow. 

1101  5th  P.  M.  I  Unset*. 

Signs  oj   approaching  judgment. 

rr  the  sun,  and  moon,  and  stars, 
Signs  and  wonders  there  shall  be; 
Earth  shall  quake  with  inward  wars, 
Nations  with  perplexity. 

2  Soon  shall  ocean's  hoary  deep, 
Toss'd  with  stronger  tempests,  rise; 

Wilder  storms  the  mountains  sweep, 
Louder  thunders  rock  the  skies. 


DAY  OF  JUDGMENT.        685 

S  Dread  alarms  shall  shake  the  proud, 

Pale  amazement,  restless  fear ; 
And,  amid  the  thpnder-cloud, 

Shall  the  Judge  of  men  appear. 
4  But  though  from  his  awful  face 

Heaven  shall  fade,  and  earth  shall  fly, 
Fear  not  ye,  his  chosen  race, 

Your  redemption  draweth  nigh. 

1105  L.  M. 

The  second  advent. 

F:  comes  !  He  comes  !  the  Judge  severe ! 
The  seventh  trumpet  speaks  him  near; 
His  lightnings  flash,  his  thunders  roll ; 
How  welcome  to  the  faithful  soul ! 

2  From  heaven  angelic  voices  sound  : 
See  the  almighty  Jesus  crown'd  : 
Girt  with  omnipotence  and  grace, 
And  glory  decks  the  Saviour's  face. 

3  Descending  on  his  great  white  throne, 
He  claims  the  kingdoms  for  his  own ; 
The  kingdoms  all  obey  his  word, 

And  hail  him  their  triumphant  Lord. 

4  Shcut,  all  the  people  of  the  sky, 
And  all  the  saints  of  the  most  High  ; 
Our  Lord,  who  now  his  right  obtains, 
Forever  and  forever  reigns. 

1106  c.  m. 

Secrets  of  the  heart  made  known. 

AND  must  I  be  to  judgment  brought, 
And  answer  in  that  day 
For  every  vain  and  idle  thought, 

And  every  word  I  say  ? 
2  Yes,  every  secret  of  my  heart 
Shall  shortly  be  made  known, 
And  I  receive  my  just  desert 
For  all  that  I  have  done. 


666       TDEE   AXD   ETERNITY. 

3  How  careful  then  ought  I  to  live ; 
With  what  religious  fear ; 

Who  such  a  strict  account  must  give 
For  roy  behaviour  here. 

4  Thou  awful  Judge  of  quick  and  dead, 
The  watchful  power  bestow; 

So  shall  I  to  my  ways  take  heed, — 
To  all  I  speak  or  do. 

5  If  now  thou  stand  est  at  the  door, 

0  let  me  feel  thee  near ; 

And  make  my  peace  with  God,  before 

1  at  thy  bar  appear. 

1107  s.  M. 

Prepare  us  for  that  day. 

BEHOLD !  with  awful  pomp 
The  Judge  prepares  to  eon.e  ; 
The'  archangel  sounds  the  dreadful  trump, 
And  wakes  the  gen'ral  doom. 

2  Nature,  in  wild  amaze, 
Her  dissolution  mourns ; 

Blushes  of  blood  the  moon  deface; 
The  sun  to  darkness  turns. 

3  The  living  look  with  dread ; 
The  frighted  dead  arise, 

Start  from  the  monumental  bed, 
And  lift  their  ghastly  eyes. 

4  Horrors  all  hearts  appal ; 

They  quake,  they  shriek,  they  cry; 
Bid  rocks  and  mountains  on  them  fall ; 
But  rocks  and  mountains  fly. 

6  Great  God,  in  whom  we  live, 
Prepare  us  for  that  day  : 

Help  us  in  Jesus  to  believe, — 
Ts  watch,  and  wait,  and  pray. 


DAY  OF  JUDGMENT.        667 

1108  S.M. 

Tlie  solemn  midnight  cry. 

THOU  Judge  of  quick  and  dead, 
Before  whose  bar  severe, 
With  holy  joy  or  guilty  dread, 

We  all  shall  soon  appear ; 
Our  caution'd  souls  prepare 
For  that  tremendous  day, 
And  fill  us  now  with  watchful  care, 
And  stir  us  up  to  pray : 

2  To  pray,  and  wait  the  hour, 
That  awful  hour  unknown, 

When,  robed  in  majesty  and  power, 
Thou  shalt  from  heaven  come  doww. 

The'  immortal  Son  of  man, 
To  judge  the  human  race, 

With  all  thy  Father's  dazzling  train, 
With  all  thy  glorious  grace. 

3  To  damp  our  earthly  joys, 
To'  increase  our  gracious  fears, 

Forever  let  the  archangel's  voice 

Be  sounding  in  our  ears 
The  solemn  midnight  cry, — 

Ye  dead,  the  Judge  is  come ; 
Arise,  and  meet  him  in  the  sky, 

And  meet  your  instant  doom. 

4  O  may  we  all  be  found 
Obedient  to  thy  word, 

Attentive  to  the  trumpet's  sound, 

And  looking  for  our  Lord. 
O  may  we  thus  ensure 

A  lot  among  the  blest ; 
And  watch  a  moment  to  secure 

An  everlasting  rest. 


608       TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

1109  L    M. 

The  dreadful  day. 

THE  day  of  wrath,  that  dreadful  day, 
When  heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away  J 
What  power  shall  be  the  sinner's  stay  \ 
How  shall  he  meet  that  dreadful  day — 

2  When,  shriv'ling  like  a  parched  scroll, 
The  flaming  heavens  together  roll; 
And,  louder  yet,  and  yet  more  dread, 
Swells  the  high  trump  that  wakes  the  dead ! 

3  O,  on  that  day,  that  wrathful  day, 
When  man  to  judgment  wakes  from  clay, 
Be  thou,  O  Christ,  the  sinner's  stay, 
Though  heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away. 

1110  c*r 

TJie  great  day  of  His  wrath. 
\yO  to  the  men  on  earth  who  dwell, 
\ )     Nor  dread  the'  Almighty's  frown, 
When  God  doth  all  his  wrath  reveal, 

And  shower  his  judgments  down. 
2  Sinners,  expect  those  heaviest  showers  : 

To  meet  your  GoJ,  piv 
For,  lo!  the  seventh  angel  poura 

His  vial  on  the  air. 
8  Lo !  from  their  seats  the  mountains  leap ; 

The  mountains  are  not  found; 
Transported  far  into  the  deep, 

And  in  the  ocean  drown'd. 

4  Who  then  shall  live  and  face  the  throne, 
And  see  the  Judge  severe? 

When  heaven  and  earth  are  fled  and  gone, 
O  where  shall  I  appear  1 

5  Now,  only  now,  against  that  hour 
We  may  a  place  provide; 

Beyond  the  grave,  beyond  the  power 
Of  hell,  our  spirits  tide  : 


DAY  OF  JUDGMENT.         669 
6  Finn  in  the  all-destroying  shock, 

May  view  the  final  scene  ; 
For,  lo !  the  everlasting  Rock 

Is  cleft  to  take  us  in. 

1111  8th  P-  M-  87>  87>  47- 
Behold,  He  comelh  ! 

LO!  He  comes,  with  clouds  descending, 
Once  for  favour'd  sinners  slain ; 
Thousand  thousand  saints,  attending, 
Swell  the  triumph  of  his  train  : 

Hallelujah ! 
God  appears  on  earth  to  reign. 

2  Every  eye  shall  now  behold  him 
Robed  in  dreadful  majesty; 

Those  who  set  at  naught  and  sold  him, 
Pierced  and  nail'd  him  to  the  tree, 

Deeply  wailing, 
ShaD  the  true  Messiah  see. 

3  All  the  tokens  of  his  passion 
Still  his  dazzling  body  bears ; 

Cause  of  endless  exultation 
To  his  ransom'd  worshippers  ; 

With  what  rapture 
Gaze  we  on  those  glorious  scars. 

4  Yea,  Amen !  let  all  adore  thee, 
High  on  thine  eternal  throne  ; 

Saviour,  take  the  power  and  glory ; 
Make  thy  righteous  sentence  known  ; 

Jah !  Jehovah  ! 
Claim  the  kingdom  for  thine  own. 

1112  lltn  p-  M-  76»  76»  77>  76- 

—  With  the  voice  of  the  archangel. 
TESUS,  faithful  to  his  word, 
O   Shall  with  a  shout  descend  : 
All  heaven?s  host  their  glorious  Lord 
Shall  joyfully  attend  : 


Joy 


670       TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

Christ  shall  come  with  dreadful  noise; 

Lightnings  swift,  and  thunders  loud; 
With  the  great  archangel's  voice, 

And  with  the  trump  of  God. 

2  First  the  dead  in  Christ  shall  rise ; 
Then  we  that  yet  remain 

Shall  be  caught  up  to  the  skies, 

And  see  our  Lord  again. 
We  shall  meet  him  in  the  air; 

All  rapt  up  to  heaven  shall  be ; 
Find,  and  love,  and  praise  him  there, 

To  all  eternity. 

3  Who  can  tell  the  happiness 
This  glorious  hope  affords  1 

unutter'd  we  possess 
l  these  reviving  words: 
Happy  while  on  earth  we  breathe; 
Mightier  bliss  ordain'd  to  know: 
Trampling  J'>wn  sin,  hell,  and  death, 
To  the  third  heaven  we  go. 

1113  S.  M. 

— And  tcith  the  trump  of  God. 

IN  expectation  sweet, 
We  wait,  and  sing,  and  pray, 
Till  Christ's  triumphal  car  we"  meet, 
And  see  an  endless  day. 

2  He  comes  ! — the  C<in<ju'ror  comes ; 
Death  falls  beneath  his  sword ; 

The  joyful  pris'ners  burst  their  tombs, 
And  "rise  to  meet  their  Lord. 

3  The  trumpet  sounds, — Awake  ! — 
Ye  dead,  to  judgment  come! — 

The  pillars  of  creation  shake, 
While  hell  receives  her  doom. 


DAY  OF  JUDGMENT.        671 

4  Thrice  happy  mom  for  those 

"Who  love  the  ways  of  peace ; 
No  night  of  sorrow  e'er  shall  close, 

Or  shade  their  perfect  bliss. 

1114  C.  M. 

The  dreadful  sentence. 

THAT  awful  day  will  surely  come, 
The'  appointed  hour  makes  haste, 
"When  I  must  stand  before  my  Judge, 
And  pass  the  solemn  test. 

2  Jesus,  thou  source  of  all  my  joy3, 
Thou  ruler  of  my  heart, 

How  could  I  bear  to  hear  thy  voice 
Pronounce  the  word, — Depart! 

3  The  thunder  of  that  awful  word 
Would  so  tormeut  my  ear, 

'Twonld  tear  my  soul  asunder,  Lord, 
With  most  tormenting  fear. 

4  What,  to  be  banish'd  from  my  Lord, 
And  yet  forbid  to  die  ; 

To  linger  in  eternal  pain, 
And  death  forever  fly? — 

5  O  wretched  state  of  deep  despair, 
To  see  my  God  remove, 

And  fix  my  doleful  station  where 
I  must  not  taste  his  love. 

1115  I*M. 

The  final  conflagration. 

THE  great  archangel's  trump  shall  sound, 
(While  twice  ten  thousand  thunders  roar,) 
Tear  up  the  graves,  and  cleave  the  ground, 
And  make  the  greedy  sea  restore. 
j   2  The  greedy  sea  shall  yield  her  dead ; 
The  earth  no  more  her  slain  conceal  j 
Sinners  shall  lift  their  guilty  head. 
And  shrink  to  see  a  yawning  hell. 


672       TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

S  But  ire,  -who  now  our  Lord  confess, 

And  faithful  to  the  end  endure, 
Shall  stand  in  Jesus'  righteousness; — 

Stand,  as  the  Rock  of  Ages,  sure. 

4  We,  while  the  stare  from  heaven  shall  fall, 
And  mountains  are  on  mouutains  hurl'd, 

Shall  stand  unmoved  amidst  them  all, 
And  smile  to  see  a  burning  world. 

5  The  earth  and  all  the  works  therein 
Dissolve,  by  raging  flames  destroy 'd ; 

While  we  survey  the  awful  scene, 
And  mount  above  the  fiery  void. 

6  By  faith  we  mw  transcend  the  skies, 
Aid  on  that  ruin'd  world  look  dowa  : 

By  love  above  all  height  we  rise, 
"And  share  the  everlasting  throne. 

1116  CM. 

The  dissolution  of  all  things. 

JESTS,  to  thy  dear  wounds  we  flee ; 
We  shelter  in  thy  side; 
Assured  that  all  who  trust  in  thee 
Shall  evermore  abide. 

2  Then  let  the  thund'ring  trumpet  sound ; 

The  latest  lightnings  glare  ; 
The  mountains  melt ;  the  solid  ground 

Dissolve  as  liquid  air ; 

S  The  huge  celestial  bodies  roll 

Amidst  the  gen?ral  fire  ; 
And  shrivel  as  a  parchment  scroll, 

And  all  in  smoke  expire  : — 

4  Yet  still  the  Lord,  the  Saviour  reigns, 

When  nature  is  destroy'd ; 
And  no  created  thing  remains 

Throughout  the  flaming  void. 


DAY   OF  JUDGMENT.        673 

5  Sublime  on  his  eternal  throne, 
He  sneaks  the'  almighty  word : 

His  fir.t  is  obey'd  r  'tis  done  ; 
And  paradise  restored. 


6  So  he  it ;  let  th;s  system  end ; 
This  ruinous  earth  and  skies ; 

The  New  Jerusalem  descend, — 
The  new  creation  rise. 

7  Thy  power  omnipotent  assume ; 

jests  • 
And  when  thou  d^st  in  glory  come, 
My  Lord,  remember  me. 

1117  IMS- 

T7ie  end  of  things  created. 

GREAT  God !  what  do  I  see  and  hear! 
The  end  of  things  created ; 
The  Judge  of  mankind  doth  appear, 

On  clouds  cf  glory  seated : 
The  trumpet  sounds;  the  graves  restore 
The  dead'which  they  contahi'd  before ; — 
Prepare,  my  soul,  to  meet  him. 

2  The  dead  in  Christ  shall  first  arise, 
At  the  last  trumpet's  sounding, 

Caught  up  to  meet  him  in  the  skies, 
With  joy  their  Lord  surrounding  : 

No  gloomy  fears  their  souls  dismay; 

His  presence  sheds  eternal  day 
On  those  prepared  to  mest  him. 

3  Great  God',  what  do  I  see  and  heart 
The  end  of  things  created  : 

Behold  the  Judge  of  man  appear, 

On  clouds  of  glory  seated  : 
Lev,-  at  his  cross  I  view  the  day 
When  heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  awar. 

And  thus  prepare  to  meet  him. 

22 


674      TIME  A27D  ETEKNITT. 


1118  12th  P.  M.  76,  16,  7«,  7ft. 

Security  of  the  righteous  at  the  last  day. 

STAND  the'  omnipotent  decree; 
Jehovah's  will  be  done  ; 
Nature's  end  we  wait  to  s-:-e, 
And  hear  her  final  groan. 

irth  dissolve,  and  bleed 
In  death  the  wicked  and  the  just; 
Let  those  pond'rons  orbs  descend, 
And  grind  us  into  dust : — 

2  Rests  secure  the  righteous  man ; 
At  his  Redeem 

Sure  to'  emerge  and  rise  again, 
And  mount  above  the  wreck  : 

Lo !  the  heavenly  spirit  towers, 
Like  flames  o'er  nature's  funeral  pyre; 

Triumphs  in  immortal  powers, 
And  claps  his  wings  of  fire. 

3  Nothing  hath  the  just  to  lose. 

Ids  on  worlds  dei 
Far  beneatfi  his  feet  he  views, 

■With,  smiles,  the  flaming  void; 
Sees  this  universe  renew'd, — 

The  grand  millennial  rei^n  begun  ; 
Shouts,  with  all  the  sons  of  God, 

Around  the'  eternal  throne. 

4  Resting  in  this  glorious  hope, 
To  be  at  last  restored, 

Yield  we  now  cur  bodi 

To  earthquake,  plague,  or  sword  : 
Lisfning  for  the  call  divine, 

The  latest  trumpet  of  tl 
Soon  our  soul  and  dust  shall  join, 

And  both  fly  up  to  heaves. 


CLOSE  OE  WOESIIIF. 

1119  3d  P.  M.  4  6s  k  2  8s. 

Parting;— to  meet  again. 


Through  thee  we  now  together  came, 

And  part  exulting  in  thy  Name. 

2  In  flesh  we  part  awhile, 
But  still  in  spirit  join';'. 

To'  embrace  the  happy  toil 
Thou  hast  to  each  assigned  ; 
And  while  we  do  thy  blessed  will, 
We  bear  our  heaven  about  us  still. 

3  O  let  us  thus  go  on 

In  all  thy  pleasant  ways, 
And,  arnrd  with  patience,  run 

With  joy  the7  appointed  race  : 
Keep  us  ana  every  seeking  soul, 
Till  all  attain  the  heavenly  goal. 

4  There  we  shall  meet  again, 
When  all  cur  toils  are  o'er, 

And  death,  and  grief,  and  pain, 

And  parting  are  no  more  : 

We  shali  with  all  our  brethren  rise, 

And  see  thee  in  the  flaming  skie^. 

5  O  happy,  happy  day,  . 
That  calls  thy  exiles  home  ; 

The  heavens  shall  pass  away, 
The  earth  receive  its  doom: 
Earth  we  shall  view,  and  heaven,  destroy'd 
And  shout  above  the  fiery  void. 


G76        CLOSE   OF   WORSHIP. 

6  According  to  his  word, 

His  oath,  to  sinners  given,   . 
We  Look  to  see  : 

Tie  ruin'd  earth  ana  heaven; 
In  a  new  world  his  truth  to  prove, 
A  world  of  righteousness  and  love. 

7  Then  let  us  wait  the  sound 
That  £;iall  our  souls  release, 

And  labour  to  be  for.nd 
Of  him  in  spotless  peace  : 
la  perfect  holiness  renew'd, 
Adorn'd  with  Cliritt,  and  meet  for  God, 

112a  cm 

Separated,  but  ins'parahk. 

GOD  of  all  consolation,  take 
ry  of  tby  grace  ;' 
Thy  gii'ts  to 'thee  we  render  back 
In  ceaseless  songs  of  j  ; 

2  Through  theo  we  now  together  came, 
In  singleness  of  heart; 

,  0  Jesus,  in  thy  Name, 
And  in  thy  Name  we  part. 

3  We  part  in  body,  n<rt  in  mind; 
Our  minds  continue  one  ; 

And  each  to  each  in  Jesus  join'd, 
We  hand  in  hand  go  on. 

4  Subsists  as  in  us  all  one  soul ; 
No  power  can  make  us  twain; 

And  mountains  rise,  aud  oceans  roll, 
To  sever  us  in  vain. 

5  Present  wo  still  in  spirit  are, 
And  intimately  nigh ; 

While  on  the  wings  of  faith  and  prayer 
We  to  eaca  o'her  fiy. 


CLOSE  OF  WORSHIP.         677 

6  Our  life  is  hid  with  Christ  in  God ; 

Oar  Life  shall  scon  appear, 
And  shed  his  glory  all  abroad 

On  all  his  members  here. 

1121  c- M- 

United, — though  separated. 

BLEST  be  the  dear  uniting  love, 
That  will  not  let  tis  part : 
Our  bodies  may  far  off  remove, 
We  still  are  one  in  heart. 

2  Join'd  in  one  spirit  to  our  Head, 
Where  he  appoints  we  go ; 

And  still  in  Jesus'  footsteps  tread, 
And  show  his  praise  below. 

3  O  may  we  ever  walk  in  him, 
And  nothing  know  beside, — 

Nothing  desire,  nothing  esteem, 
But  Jesus  crucified. 

4  Closer  and  closer  let  us  cleave 
To  his  beloved  embrace  ; 

Expect  his  fulness  to  receive, 
And  grace  to  answer  grace. 

5  Partakers  of  the  Saviour's  grace, 
The  same  in  mind  and  heart. 

Nor  joy,  nor  grief,  nor  time,  nor  place, 
Nor  life,  nor  death  can  part. 

6  Then  let  us  hasten  to  the  day 
Which  shall  our  flesh  restore  ; 

When  death  shall  all  be  done  away, 
And  bodies  part  no  more. 

1122  5tt  P,  M.  4  tines  7a. 

Tribute  cf  praise  at  parting. 

CHRISTIANS,  brethren,  ere  we  part, 
Every  voice  and  every  heart 
Join,  and  to  our  Father  raise 
One  last  hymn  of  grateful  praise. 


678        CLOSE  OF  WORSHIP. 

_h  we  here  should  meet  no  more, 
Yet  there  is  a  brighter  shore; 
There,  released  from  toil  and  pain, 
There  we  all  may  meet  again. 
S  Wow  to  thee,  thou  God  of  heaven, 
-1  glory  given : 

lore  divine, 
May  our  hearts  be  ever  thine. 
1123  9th  P.  M.  87,  87,  87,  87. 

Dismission. 

IORD,  dismiss  us  with  thy  blessing ; 
J  Bid  us  now  depart  in  peace  ; 
StiU  on  heavenly  manna  . 
Let  cur  faith  and  love  in 
Fill  ea:h  breast  with  consolation; 
Up  to  thee  our  hearts  we  raise  : 
When  we  reach  our  blissful  station, 
Then  we  'il  give  thee  nobler  praise. 
Hallelujah  ! 

1121  CM. 

1  r  a  parting  blessing. 
\TOW  may  the  God  of  peace  and  love, 
1\    Who  from  the'  impris'ning  grave 
ed  the  Shepherd  of  the  sheep, 
Omnipotent  to  save  ;— 

2  Through  the  rich  merit3  of  that  blood 
Which  he  on  Calvary  spilt, 

To  make  the'  eternal  cov'nant  sure, 
On  which  our  hopes  are  built; — 

3  Perfect  our  souls  in  every  gTaco, 
To'  accomplish  all  his  will ; 

And  ail  that 's  pleasing  in  his  sight 
Inspire  us  to  fulfil. 

4  For  the  srreat  Mediator's  sake 
We  every  blessing  pray ; 

Wi'.h  gl  ry  let  his  Name"  be  crown'd, 
Through  heaven's  etern.-.l  day. 


CLOSE  OF  WORSHIP.         070 

1125  *     5th  P-  M.  4  ?i»es  7s. 
-For  a  general  blessing. 

TtTOW  may  He  t,-1io  from  the  dead 
JLN   Brought  the  Shepherd  of  the  sheep, 
Jesus  Christ,  our  King  and  Head, 
All  our  souls  in  safety  keep. 

2  May  he  teach  us  to  fulfil 
What  is  rising  in  his  sight; 

Make  us  perfect  in  his  will, 
And  preserve  U3  day  and  night. 

3  To  that  great  Redeemer's  praise, 
Who  the  cov'nant  seal'd  with  blood, 

Let  our  hearts  and  voices  raise    " 
Load  thanksgivings  to  our  God. 

1126  Sth  P.  M.  87,  87,  47. 
For  He  S^jik's  ifuences. 

COME,  thou  soul-transforming  Spirit ; 
Bless  the  sower  and  the  seed ; 
Let  each  heart  thy  grace  inherit ; 
Raise  the  weak, — the  hungry  feed  ; 

From  the  Gospel 
Nov.-  supply  thy  people's  need. 
2  O  may  all  enjoy  the  blessing, 

Which  thy  word's  design 'd" to  give  ; 
Let  r.s  all,  thy  love  possessing, 
Joyfully  the  truth  receive, 

And  forever 
To  thy  praise  and  glory  live. 

1127  Sth  P.  M.  87,  87,  47. 

For  tie  fulness  of  peace  and  joy. 
T  ORD,  dismiss  ns  with  thy  blessing; 
J  J  Fill  our  hearts  with  joy  and  peace: 
Lot.  us  each,  thy  love  possessing, 
Triumph  in  redeeming  grace  ; 

O  refresh  us, 
Travelling  through  this  wilderness. 


630        CLOSE  OF  WORSHIP. 

2  Thanks  we  give,  and  adoration, 

Fcr  thy  Gospel's  joyful  sound; 
May  the'fruhs  of  thy  salvation 

In  our  hearts  and 'lives  abound; 
May  thy  presence 

With  us  evermore  be  found. 
8  So,  whene'er  the  signal  'a  given 

Us  from  earth  to  call  away, 
Borne  on  angels'  wings  to  heaven, 

Glad  the  summons  to  obey, 

Reign  with  Christ  in  endless  day. 

1128 

For  a  blessing  on  the  truth, 

OGOD,  by  whom  the  seed  is  riven, 
Ev  v. :  ■  blest,; 

Whose  word,  like  manna  shower'd  from  heaven. 
Is  planted  in  our  breast;— 

2  Preserve  it  from  the  passing  feet, 
And  plund'rers  of  the 

The  sultry  sun's  intensei  heat, 
And  weeds  of  worldly  care. 

3  Thongh  buried  deep,  or  thinly  strown, 
Do  thou  thy  grace  BU]    I;    : 

The  hope  in  earthly  furrows  sewn 
Shall  ripen  hi  the  sky. 

1129  9th  P.  M.  87,  87,  87,  67. 

The  apostolic  benediction. 
TLfAT  the  grace  of  Christ  our  Saviour, 
It!  And  the  Father's  boundless  love, 
With  the  Holy  Spirit's 

■Rest  upon  us  from  above  : 
Thus  i  in  onion 

With  each  other  and  the  Lord; 
And  possess,  in  sweet  communion, 

Jo\a  which  earth  cannot  afford. 


DOXOLOGIES. 
1139  L-M- 

PRAISE  God,  from  whom  nil  blessings  flow; 
Praise  him,  all  creatures  here  below ; 
Praise  him  above,  ye  heavenly  host ; 
Praise  Father,  Sonj  and  Holy  Ghost. 

1131  aM- 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghcst, 
X   Who  sweetly  all  agree 
To  save  a  world  of  sinners  lest, 
Eternal  glory  be. 

1132  CM.  Double. 

THE  God  of  mercy  be  adored, 
"Who  calls  our  souls  from  death, 
Who  saves  by  his  redeeming  word, 

And  new-creating  breath ; 
To  praise  the  Father  and  the  Son, 

And  Spirit  all-divine, — 
The  One  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One,— 
Let  saints  and  angels  join.    - 

1133  S.M. 

TO  God,  the  Father,  Son, 
And  Spirit,  One  in  Three, 
Be  glory,  as  it  was,  is  now, 
And  shall  forever  be. 

1134  1st  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

PIMORTAL  hononr,  endless  fame, 
Attend  the'  almighty  Father's  garnet 
The  Saviour  Son  be  glorified, 
Who  for  lost  man's  redemption  died} 
And  equal  adoration  be, 
Eternal  Comforter,  to  thee  I 


Cr"  D0S0L06IES. 

-,  -,  o  -  2d  P.  M.  6  lines  8s. 

■\-mr  to  the  great  and  sacred [Three, 

•  Father,  Sen,  and  Spirit,  be 

Eternal  praise  and  glory  given,     _ 

Through  all  the  worlds  Where  God  is  known, 

e  angels  near  the  throne, 

And  ail  the  saints  in  earth  and  heaven. 

-g  1  «?(•  Sd  P.  M.  4  6s  &  2  8s. 

TO  Ged  the  Father's  throne 
J  honours  raise; 
God  the  Son,  _ 

pirit  praise  : 
With  all  our  p,-.     •   ■  Eternal  rung, 
Thy  everlasting  praise  we  sing. 
*  |  Q-y  4th  P.  M-  8S6,  8S6. 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
The  God  whom  heaven's  triumphant  host 
And  saints  on  earth  adore; 
Be  glorv  as  in  ages  past, 
And  now  it  is,  and  so  shi 

When  time  shail  he  no  mi  re. 
-  .  g  g  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  Is. 

•7G  we  to  our  God  above, 
'raise  eternal  as  his  lov< 


OIN< 
D  Pr 


Praise  hira,  all  ye  heavenly  host,- 

Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost. 

1139  6th  P.  M.  6  Knat  1b. 

PR  VISE  the  Name  or  Ged  most  high; 
Praise  him,  all 
Praise  him,  all  ye  heavenly  host- 
Father.  Son.  and  Holy  Gnost: 
As  through  countless  ages  past , 
Evermore  his  praise  shall  last. 


DOXOLOGIES.  683 

1140  sth  p-  M-  87> 87>47 

GREAT  Jolr&ah!  we  adore  thee,— 
God  thft  Father,  God  the  Son, 
God  the  Spirit,  join'd  in  glory 
On  the  same  eternal  throne  : 
Endless  praises 
To  Jehovah,  Three  in  One. 

H41  8th  P.  11.  8T,  S7,  8T,  87. 

PRAISE  the  God  of  oar  salvation  ; 
Praise  the  Father's  boundless  lcve ; 
Praise  the  Lamb,  our  expiation ; 

Praise  the  Spirit  from  above, — 
Author  of  the  new  creation, — 

Kim  by  whom  our  spirits  live  ; 
Undivide'd  adoration 
To  the  one  Jehovah  give. 

1142  10ta  p-  M-  4  !inC3  8s. 

ALL  praise  to  the  Father,  the  Son, 
And  Spirit,  thrice  holy  and  blest, 
The'  eternal,  supreme  Three  in  One, 
Was,  is,  and  shall  still  be  address'd. 

1 143  12&  p-  3r-  78>  76>  7S>  76- 

FATHER,  Son,  and  Hrdy  Ghost, 
Thy  Godhead  we  adore,— 
Join  with  the  celestial  host, 

Who  praise  thee  evermore  ! 
Live  bv  earth  and  heaven  adored, 

The  Three  in  One,  the  One  in  Three 
Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord, 
All  glory  be  to  thee ! 

1144  17tl1  p-  M-  4  UnM  10s- 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit,  ever  blest, 
Eternal  praise  and  worship  bs  address'd; 
From  age  to  age,  ye  saints,  his  Name  adore, 
And  spread  his" fame,  till  time  shall  be  no  mora 


684  DOXOLOGIES. 

H45  19th  P.  M.  664,  CS4, 

rro  God— the  Father,  c:-, 

1   And  Spirit— Three  in  One- 
All  praise  be  given  : 

Crown  him,  in  every  song; 

To  him  your  hearts"  belong  : 

Let  all  his  praise  prolong, 
On  earth — in  heaven. 

1 146  25th  P.  M.  77,  87,  77,  87. 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit, 
Ascribe  we  equal  glory; 
One  Deity,  in  Persons  Three, 

Lut  all  thy  works  adore  thee  : 
As  was  from  the  beginning, 

Glory  to  G  J  bo  given, 
By  all  who  know  thy  Name  below, 
And  all  thy  hosts  in  heaven. 

1 147  26th  p-  M-  76,  76,  76,  76. 

TO  thee  be  praise  forever, 
Thou  glorious  King  of  kings : 
Thy  w  '.  favour 

Each  ransohiM  spirit  shigs : 
We  '11  celebrate  thy  glory, 

With  all  thy  saints  above, 
And  shout  the  joyful  story 
Of  thy  redeeming  love. 

1148  -Trtl  P.  M.  4  lines  lis. 
FATHER  Almighty,  to  thee  be  address'd, 

ith  Christ  aud  the  Spirit,  one  God,  ever 

blest, 
All  glory  and  worship,  from  earth  and  from 

heuven; 
As  was,  and  is  now,  and  shall  ever  be  given. 


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INDEX  OF  FIRST  LIKES. 


The   figures   refer   to   the   Page. 

Abba,  Father,  hear  thy  child ...  C.  Wesley  280 
Abraham,  when  severely  tried.  .C.~t>  esley  461 
Accordinsr  to  thy  gracious  \rordMontaomery  163 

A  cbarge"to  keep  I  Lave C.  Wesley  343 

A  fountain  of  life  and  of  grace G.Wet  7cy  1 ;  1 

Again  the  kind  revolving  year. . .  C.  Wesley  620 

A  goodly,  formal  saint. C.  VSes'ey  267 

Ah,  how  shall  fallen  man Epis.  Col.  189 

Ah,  Lord,  with  trembling  I  confe .  C.  Wesley  514 

Ah,  whither  should  I  go C.  Wesley  217 

Alas,  and  did  nry  Saviour  bleed Watts    94 

All  glory  and  praise  to  Jesus  our. C.Wesley  125 

All  glory  to  God  in  the  sky .\  C.  Wesley    82 

All  glory  to  the  dying  Lamb Weitts    94 

All  hail  '.  happy  day C.  Wesley    71 

All  hail  the  powerof  Jesus'  name.  Pcrronet  IV) 
All  praise  to  Him  who  dwells  in.O  363 

All  praise  to  our  redeeming  JiCid.  (7.1 
All  praise  to  the  Father,  the  Son.  Uitk  683 

All  praise  to  the  Lamb  !  accepted.  C.  Wesley  275 
All  praise  to  the  Lord,  who  rales .  C.  Wesley  626 
All  thanks  to  the  Lamb,  who  giv.  C.  Wesley    36 

All  things  are  possible  to  him C.  Wesley  293 

All-wise,  almighty,  and  all-go. Montgomery  453 

All  yesterday  is  gone Pratt's  Col.  199 

Almighty  God  of  love C.  Wesley  588 

Almighty  Maker,  God Watts    46 

Almighty  Maker  of  my  frame Steele  637 

Almighty  Spirit,  now  'behold..  Montgomery  591 

Am  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross Watts  438 

A  nation  God  delights  to  bless..  .C.Wesley  615 
And  am  I  bom  to  die C.  Wesley  641 


680      INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS. 

And  am  I  only  born  to  die C.  Wesley  643 

And  are  we  yet  alive C. ' 

■  it  be  that  I  should 

And  can  I  yet  delay 0. 

And  esn  my  heart  asr.ire  so  high. ... 

And  did  the  Holy  and  the  Just 

part C. 

And  let  this  feeble  I 

And  must  I  be  to  judgment  bron.C  " 

And  must  th  Watts  G59 

And  will  the  great  eternal  God.JD. 

Aud  wilt  then  yet  be  found C.W 

Angel  of  covenanted  grace C. 

ADgels,  from  the  real:.-,   of  g 

Angels  our  march  oppose C. 

'  y  tl-.ee,  we  me< '  - 
Are  there  :  : or's. ../.  Wesley  4S5 

Arise,  and  bless  tl:  inert/    14 

Arise,  great  God!  and  let  thy  gra.  .Merrick  583 

-..],  arise C.  Wesley  2S4 

Arise,  my  soul,  on  wings  sub.CA.  7'- 

Arise,  my  soul,  with  rapture  rise.  .£/</».  Col.  358 

Arise,  ye  saints,  arise Anon.  441 

Arm  me  with  thy  whole  armour,../.  Vi'tsley  431 
Arm  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake  ! .  C.  Wesley  596 
Ann  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake !   Thine 

own  immortal  strength  put  on.  C.  ' 
As  pants  the  hart  for  cooling.  Ta tc  Jc  Brady  513 
Assembled  at  thy  great  command.  .Colhjer  593 

As  strangers  here  bel  iw Gander's  Col.  443 

in  the  world  below. . .  C.  Wesley  552 

A  thousand  oracles  divine C.  Wesley    63 

Author  of  faith,  eternal  Wcrd...  C.Wesley  282 

Author  of  faith,  to  thee  I  cry C.  Wesley  2-24 

Author  of  faith,  wo  - 

Author  of  good,  we  rest  on  thee 

Author  of  our  salvation,  thee C.  Wesley  164 

Awake,  and  sing  the  song Hammond      8 

Awaked  from  fin's  delusive. Ch.  P.- 

Awake  Jerusalem,  awake C.  Wesley  145 


INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS.      68? 

Awake,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun Ken  353 

Awake,  my  so^jI  !  stretch  every  .Doddridge  494 
Awake,  my  soul,  to  meet  the  da.  Doddridge  360 

Awake,  ye  saints,  awake Co'ledll  151 

Away,  my  needless  fears G.  Wesley  529 

Away,  my  unbelieving  fear C.  Wesley  467 

Away  with  our  sorrow  and  fear..  C.  Wesley  560 

Baptized  intothyname C.Wesley  155 

Because  forme  the  Saviour  prays.  C.Wesley  230 

Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne Watls    16 

Before  thy  mercy -seat,  O  Lord. .  .Bathurst  42 
Behold  !  I  come  with  jov  to  do. . .  C  Wesley  4S0 
Behold,  O  Lord,  before  thy  throne. .  .Steele  609 
Behold  the  Christian  warrior.  .Montgomery  431 
Behold,  the  heathen  waits  to  know..  Voice  586 
Behold  the  Saviour  of  mank.  S.  Wesley,  sen-.  86 
Behold,  the  servant  of  the  Lord. .  C.  Wesley  492 
Behold  the  sure  Foundation-stone. . .  Waits  575 

Behold  the  throne  of  grace Newton  336 

Behold  what  condescending  lov .Doddridge  159 

Behold!  with  awful  pomp Hart  663 

Being  of  beings,  God  of  love C.  Wesley    32 

Be  it  my  only  wisdom  here C.  Wesley  502 

Beneath  our  feet,  and  o'er  our  head. .Hi her.  202 

Bid  me  of  men  beware C.  Wesley  349 

Blessing  and  honour,  praise  and.  .J.  Wesley    68 

Blest  are  the  pure  in  heart Keble  299 

Blest  are  the  sons  of  peace. . . .- Watts  412 

Blest  be  cur  everlasting  Lord C.  Wesley    61 

Blest  be  the  dear  uniting  love..  .C.Wesley  677 

Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds. ... Fawcett  424 

Blest  Comforter  divine Pres.  Col.  117 

Blow  ye  the  trumpet,  blow C.  Wesley  180 

Brethren  in  Christ,  and  well  belo.  C.  Wesley  422 
Bright  and  joyful  is  the  morn. Montgomery    78 

Brightest  ard  best  of  the  sons Heber    75 

Bright  was  the  guiding  star  that  led.  ,£;,1e  407 
But  can  it  be  that  I  should  prove .  C.  Wesley  308 
By  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill H±ler  604 


GS8      I^DEX  TO  THE  HYMNS. 

By  faith  I  to  the  fountain  fly C.  Wesley  274 

By  thy  birth,  and  by  thy  u-ars GUnefg  53* 

CaJJ'd  from  above,  I  rise C.  Wesley  1G3 

Captain  of  cur  salvation,  take C.  Wesley  376 

Cast  on  the  fidelity C  Wesley  473 

Centre  of  t  ur  h  pes  thou  a't C.  Wesley  425 

Chastised  by  an  indulgent  God,.C  I 
Children  of 'the  heavenly  King. . . . 
Christ,  from  whom  .  .    .  Wcs'ey  420 

Christians,  brethren,  ere  we.  .H.  K.White  677 
-  lay..  {7.  Wesley    97 
Come,  and  let  us  sv  .    .    .  Wesley  423 

Come,  Father,  Son,  ami  Holy  Ghost,  Hon- 
our the  means  ordaiu'd  by.. 
Come,  Father,  Son.  and  1: 

God  in  p-r  .  :.i 

Come,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost.  To 

whom  we  fir  oar  children  cry'. . ' '. 
Come,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost,  Whom 

one  all-perfect  God  we  own C.  Wesley    67 

Come,  holy,  celestial  Dove C.  Wes'c'y  254 

Come,  II  ly  Ghost,  nll-quickenin .  C  ; 
Come,  Holy  Ghost,  inspire  our. Pratt' 
Come,  Holy  Ghost,  our  hearts  in. C.Wesley  405 
Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove.  Waits.  120 
Come,  humble  sinner,  in  whose  bre.  Jones:  216 
Come,  let  our  souls  adore  the  Lord. Steele.  610 
Come,  let  us  anew  our  journey  pursue,  With 

vigour  arise ." G.  Wesley  570 

tus  anew  oar  journey  pa.  C 

Come,  let  us  ascend C.1 

■  I  songs. .  Wa!ts      9 
Come,  let  u-  .  Wesley  573 

Come,  let  us  join  with  one  accord.  C.  I   I 

Come,  let  as  tune  our  loftiest  song U\st     9 

Come,  let  us  use  the  grace  divine.  ( '.  I 
Come,  let  us  who  in  Christ  belie.''. 
Come,  Lord,  and  claim  me  for  th.C.  Wetle'y  306 
Come,  my  soul,  thy  suit  prepare... Newton  335 


INDEX  TO  TEE  EYBINS.      Go 9 


Come,  Omv  God.  the  promise  Be. G.Wesley  329 
Come,  O  my  guilty  brethren,  com.  C.  Wesley  207 
Come,  O  my  soul,  in  sacred  Lays. BlacMock    53 


Come  on,  my  partners  in  distress. C.  Wesh 
Come,  Othou  all-victorious  TjoxdLG.Wesley  197 
Come,  O  thou  greater  than  our  he .  C.  Wesley  297 
Come,  Othou  Traveller  unknown.  <7.W«%  3S  1 
Come,  O  thou  universal  Good ....'.""  ■  -'■) 

Come,  O  ye  sinners,  to  the  Lord. .  212 

Come  quickly,  gracious  Lor;..  and.C. 
Come,  Saviour,  Jesus,  from  a).  -.-..". 
Come,  sinners,  to  the  gospel  feast. G.  Wesley  209 

Come,  sound  his  praise  abroad Watts    13 

Come,  Spirit,  Source  of  light Bi  Id      ■:  I .  . 

Come,  thou  Almighty  King Unkn      i     21 

Come,  thou  Desiya  of" all  tliy  sai:.*.-'..       ■'-.     V  i 

Come,  thou  everlasting  Spii  it C.  '-    : 

Come,  thou  Fount  of  every  bless  .Robinson  535 
Come,  thon  high  and  ■  "..    .  ■   -  29 

Come,  thou  omniscient  Sonoi  .  v..  ,','r  .  -  ■  ..  J 
Come,  thou  sflhl-transforming  Spirii  . .  .Ja  6T9 
Como  to  Calvary's  holy  mcnm.Montg        \,  208 

Come,  weary  sinners,  come C.  We3ley  215 

Come,  wisdom,  power,  and  grace .  C.  Wesley  127 

Come,  V3  disconsolate Moore  1  S3 

Come,  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy Hart  2?5 

Come,  ye  that.love  the  Lord Walts  Hi 

Come,  ye  that  love  the  Saviour's  na.  .Steele  i  0 
Comfort,  ye  ministers  of  grace.  ..C.  Wes7e;/  IcO 

Commit  thou  all  thy  griefs J.  Wesley  404 

Cut  me  cot  off,  almighty  Lord. . .  C.  Wesley  398 

Daughter  of  Zion,  from  the  An. Montgomery  142 
Day  of  God  !  thou  blessed  day.!/.  F. 

Deathless  spirit,  now  arise 7  - 

Deem  not  that  they  ar  ■'.--...'  .  -.Be  ant  445 
Deep  are  the  wounds  which  sin  has. Steele  193 
Deepen  the  wound  thy  hands hsv. C.Wesley  311 
Delightful  work,  young  souls  to. Straphan  60;1 
Depth  of  mercy  !  "can  there  he . . .  C.  Wesley  14k 


CSO      INDEX  TO  TIE  HYMNS. 

CI .  rist  o'er  sinners  weep Beddome  228 

Draw  near,  O  Son  of  God,  draw. .  C.  Wesley  132 

Bread  Jehovah !  God  of  nations.  Cong.  Col.  610 

Earnest  of  future  bliss Tcplady  282 

Encompassed  with  clouds  of  dis. Noel's  Cot.  218 

Enthroned  is  Jesus  now Judkin  1 11 

Enthroned  on  high,  Almighty.. Humphries  121 

Equip  me  for  the  war C.  Wesh  y  431 

Ere  mountains  reard  their. .  Sp*  of  Ps  i  Ims    55 

Eternal  Beam  of  Light  divine 'C.  IF, 

Eternal  depth  cf  love  divine J.  Wesley    62 

Eternal  Power,  Almighty  God Steele    G9 

Eternal  Power,  whose  high  abode..  Watts    23 

Eternal  Source  of  even,-  joy Doddridge  612 

Eternal  Source  of  jovs  divine Stei 

Eternal  Spirit.'G  >d  of  truth I  nknoutn  116 

Eternal  Wisdom  !  thee  we  praise. . .  Watts    47 

Ever  fainting  with  desire C.  Wesley  321 

Except  the  Lord  conduct  the  plan.  C.  V,  esley  13i 
Except  the  Lord  our  labours  \>\...Bathurst  377 
Expand  thy  wings,  celestial  Day. C.Wesley  120 
Extended  on  a  cursed  tree J.  Wesley    88 

Far  from  my  thoughts,  vain  world,.  Watts  150 

Far  from  these  scenes  of  night Steele  553 

Far  from  the  world,  O  Lord Cowpir  384 

Father,  at  thy  footstool  see C.Wesley  426 

Father,  behold  with  gracious  eye .  C.  Wesley  38 
Father  divine,  thy  piercing  eye.Dcddridge  385 

Father,  glorify  thy  S  n C.Wet 

Father,  hear  the  blood  of  Jesus.. C.W  esley  105 
Father,  ho  v.-  wide  thy  glory  shines .  V  alts    CO 

Father,  I  dare  believe C.  Wesley  252 

Father,  if  I  may  call  thee  so <_'.  i ;  . 

Father,  if  thou  must  reprove C.Wt 

Father,  into  thy  hands  alone C.  Wesley  482 

Father,  in  whom  we  live C.\.csU y  537 

father,  I  stretch  my  hands  to  tfc 

Father,  I  wait  before  thy  throne Tiaits  2.3 


INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS.      691 

Fatter  of  all,  in  -whom  alone C.  Wesley  405 

Father  of  all,  wliose J.  Wesley    50 

Fatiier  of  bound!  ess  grace C.  Wesley  590 

Father  of  eternal  grace C.  Wesley  31 2 

Father  of  everlasting  grace,  Be. . C.  Wesley  38 
Father  of  everlasting  grace,  Thy.  C.Wesley  2S0 
Father  of  heaven,  whose  love . .  Pratt's  Col.  44 
Father  of  Jesus  Christ,  my  .Lord,.  C.  Wesley  3S5 
Father  of  Jesus  Christ,  rny  Lord,  Mv  Sa- 
viour, and  my  Head C.  Wesley  284 

Father  of  Jesns  Christ,  the  Just. .  C.  Wesley  226 
Father  of  lights,  from  whom  pro.  G.JVesley  193 
Father  of  lights,  thy  needful  aid. C.Wesley  450 
Father  of  me,  and  all  mankind. ..C.Wesley  356 
Father  of  mercies,  how  thine  e&r.fieddom'e  133 

Father  of  mercies,  condescend Morell  5S7 

Father  of  mercies,  in  thy  word Steele  403 

Father  of  mercies,  send  thy  gra.Doddridge  613 

Father  of  our  dying  Lord C.  Wesley  119 

Father  of  spirits,  hear  our  prayer Bond,  312 

Father  of  spirits,  nature's  God'.<Sp.  ofPsal.     55 

Father,  our  hearts  we  lift C.  Wesley    80 

Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost,  Th.  C.  Wesley  683 
Father,  Sen,  and  Holy  Ghost,  On.  C.  Wesley  315 
Father,  supply  my  every  need. . .  C.  Wesley  489 

Father,  to  "thee  my  soul"  I  lift €.'.'■   '-.'/     f'5 

Flung  to  the  heedless  winds Luther  553 

Forever  here  my  rest  shall  be C.  Wesley  315 

Forever  with  tlie  Lord Montgomery  563 

Forewam'd  by  my  Redeemer's. .  C.  Wesley  401 
Forth  in  thy  name,  O  Lord,  I  go.  C.  Wesley  375 

Fountain  of  life,  to  all  below C.  Wesley  358 

Fountain  of  mercy,  God  of..  Christ.  Psalm.  613 

Friend  after  friend  departs Montgomery  647 

From  all  that  dwell  below  the  shies .  Waits  13 
From  Calvary  a  cry  was  hear.  Cunningham  87 
From  every  stormy  wind  that  blow. Stowell  332 

From  Greenland's  icy  mountains Heber  584 

From  the  cross  uplifted  high Haweis  211 

From  whence  these  direful. .  .S.  We-,ley,jr.    83 


602      INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS. 

Full  of  trembling  expectation C.  Weihy  393 

Give  me  the  wines  of  faith  to  rise. . .  Waits  556 
Giver  and  Guardian  of  our  sleep. .  C.  Wesley  361 
Giver  of  concord,  Prince  of  peace. C 

Giver  of  peace  and  unity C.l 

Give  to  the  winds  thy  fears J.  Wesley  465 

Glad  was  my  heart  to  hear. . 

Glorious  things  of  thee  are  spoken,  fceicton  144 

Glory  be  to  God  above C.  Wesley  413 

C.Wes/eu    31 

GI'  ry  t  i  God  on  high Hart  163 

Glory  to  God,  whose  sov'reign  gr.C  Wes'ey  1?6 

Glory  to  the  almighty  Father Batkvrst    20 

Gl-ry  to  thee,  my  God,  this  night Ken  3C4 

Glory  t  j  th'-e,  thou  righteous  God .  C.  Wesley  455 
Glory  to  thee,  whose  power.     . .  ; 

God  is  a  name  my  soul  adores V.'c.tu    10 

God  is  gbne  np or!  high ...C. Wesley  100 

God  is  in  this  and  every  place ...  C.  Wesley  189 

Gc  '1  is  my  strong  salvation Montgomery  440 

G  d  is  our  refuge  and  dele:.. 

God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way . . .Gowper  444 

God  of  all  consolatii  n,  take '. .  C.  Wesley  678 

Gcd  of  all  consolation,  The C.  Wesley  28T 

God  of  all  grace  and  majesty C.  Wesley  495 

God  of  all  power,  and  truth,  and.C.  Weshy  297  '• 

God  of  almighty  love C.  Wesley  341 

God  of  eternal  truth  and  grace. .  .£.  West*  >  310 

God  of  eternal  truth  and  love C.  Wt  iley  153 

G^d  of  1  ive,  who  nearest  prayer . C Wesley  350 
God  of  my  life,  through  all  my. Doddridge  550 

God  6f  niy  life,  to  thee  I  call Owper  451 

God  of  my  life,  to  thee,  My C.  Wesley  391 

Gf'd  of  my  life,  what  just  return. .  C.  Wes'ey  221 
God  of  my  life,  whose  gracious  po.  C.  Wesley  455 

Hod  of  my  salvation,  hear C.  I 

God  of  my  strength,  in  thee  al.  Wranrftam  461 
God  of  thine  Israel's  faithful  th.  .0.  Wesley  469 
God  of  unexampled  grace C.  Wesley    90 


INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS.      693 

God  of  unspotted  purity C.  Wesley  515 

God's  holy  law  transgress'd Beddome  177 

Go,  preach  my  gospel,  saith  the  Lo.  Watts  127 

Go,  ye  messengers  of  God ATarsden  590 

Grace,  'tis  a  charming  sound..  .Doddridge  173 
Gracious  God,  my  sins  forgive ...  C.  Wesley  224 

Gracious  Redeemer,  shake C.  Wesley  51 1 

Gracious  Spirit,  love  divine Stacker  113 

Grant  me  within  thy  courts  a. Montgomery  498 
Great  First  of  beings',  mighty. Boston  Col.    48 

Great  God,  accept  a  heart C.  Wesley    64 

Great  God,  attend,  while  Zion  sings .  Watts  22 
Great  God,  beneath  whose  piercing. Roscoe  616 
Great  God,  indulge  my  humble  cla.  Watts  285 
Great  God,  let  all  our  tuneful  .Htginbotham  373 

Great  God,  now  condescend Fellows  158 

Great  God  of  nations,  now  to.  The  Psalmist  613 
Great  God,  this  hallowed  day  of.C.  Wesley  148 
Great  God,  to  me  the  sight  afford .  C.  Wesley  63 
Great  God,  to  thee  my  evening  song.  Steele  365 
Great  God,  what  do  I  see  and  hear.  .Luther  673 

Great  is  the  Lord  our  God Walts  579 

Great  Jehovah!  we  adore  thee..  Unknown  683 

Great  King  of  glory,  come Francis  573 

Great  Ruler  ofthe'earth  and  skies.  .Steele  615 
Great  Shepherd  of  thy  people,  hear.  New  ton  26 
Great  Source  of  being  and  of  \o.  Doddridge  141 
Great  Spirit,  by  whose  mighty  pow. Haweis  117 
Guide  me,  O  thou  great  Jehovah. . . .  Oliver  493 

Had  I  the  gift  of  tongues Stennett  501 

Hail !  Father,  Son,  and  Hr-ly  Gh.C.  Wesley  67 
Hail!  Father,  whose  creating.  S.Wesle>/,jr.     61 

Hail !  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord C.  Wesley    6£ 

"ail!  sacred  truth,  whose  pie. Baptist  Col.  410 
ail !  the  day  that  sees  him  rise.  C.  Wesley  105 
ail!  thou  once  despised  Jesus.. Bakewell  112 
ail !  to  the  Lord's  anointed.. Montgomery    81 

Sail !  to  the  Sabbath-day Bulfinch  15a 

3appy  soul,  thy  days  are  ending.  C.  Wesley  655 


694     ENTJEX  TO  THE  HYMSHS. 

Happy  soul,  who  sees  the  day. . .  C.  Wesley  013 
Happy  the  man  who  finds  the  gr.C.Wesle'y  178 
Happy  the  meet,  whose  gentle  breast. Scott  500 
Happy  the  souls  to  Jesua  jom'd-.C. Wesley  553 
Hark  !  a  voice  divides  the  shy. .  .C.  Wesley  647 
Hark  !  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  sou.  Watts  642 
Hark  !  how  the  gospel  trumpet  sou .  i 
Hark !  how  the  watchmen  cry. . .  C.  Wesley  432 

Hark  !  nay  soul,  it  is  the  Lord Cowper  274 

Hark !  the  glad  sound  !  the  Sav. Doddridge    76 

Hark  !  the  herald  angels  sing C.  Wesley    80 

Hark  !  the  notes  of  angels  singing Kelly    11 

Hark !  the  song  of  jubilee Son ' 

[ceof  love  and  mercy.  Praneu    92 
Hark  !  what  mean  those  holy  voic.  Catoood    73 

Hasten,  Lord,  the  glorious  time Lyte  5S6 

Hasten,  sinner,  to  be  wise T.  Scott  200 

Head  of  the  Church  triumphant..  C.Wesleo  5-26 
Head  of  the  Church,  whose  Spirit. C.  Wesley  5S9 
Hear,  graekus  God,  my  humble  pra. Steele  239 

Hearken  to  the  solemn  voice C.  "Wesley  630 

Hearts  of  stone,  relent,  relent C.  Wesley  204 

Hear  what  God,  the  Lord,  hath  sp.< 
Heavenly  Father,  sov'reign.&zlttoury  Col.    31 
.  lie  comes!  the  Judge. CWesley  665 
He  dies',  the  Friend  of  sinners  di.-s.  Watts    95 
Hclp,L  rd,t  1wb,omf6rhelpIfly.C.JF«/«j(  345 
Help  us,  O  Lord,  thy  yoke  to  v;e&r..Anon.  619 
I  is  go. C.Wesley  651 
He  wills  that  I  should  holy  be ...  C 
High  on  a  throne  of  light,  6  ~Lo.PratCs  Col.  619 
High  on  his  everlasting  throne.  ..J.  '■ 
Ho!  every  one  that  thirsts, draw. J.Wesley  £12 
Holy,  nn<i  true,  and  righteous  Lo.  ('.  '■ 

Holy  as  thou,  O  Lord,  is  none C. 

,  dispel  our  sadness Anon.  123 

Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord C.  Wesley    68 

Holy  Lamb,  who  thee  receive J.  Wesley  321 

Holy  Spirit,  Fount  of  blessing Anon.  124 

Hosanna  be  the  children's  son. Montgomery  605 


INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS.     695 

Hosarma  to  Jesus  on  high C.  Wesley  654 

How  are  thy  servants  blest,  O  Lo.  Addison  621 

How  beauteous  arc  their  feet Watts  128 

How  blest  is  car  brother,  bereft.  .0.  Wesley  653 
How  blest  the  children  of  the  Lord.  ..Lyie  618 
How  blest  the  righteous,  when.  .Barbauld  050 

How  can  a  sinner  know G.  Wesley  276 

How  do  thy  mercies  close  me  ro.  C.  Wspley  5:3 
How  great  the  wisdom,  power,. Beddome  173 
How  happy  are  the  little  Rock... G.Wesley  C63 
How  happy  every  child  of  grace.  C.  Wesley  552 
How  happy,  gracious  Lord,  are . .  C.  Wesley  542 
How  happy  is  the  pilgrim's  lot..  J.  Treiley  552 
How  happy  the  sorrowful  man ...G.  Wesley  3S1 

How  helpless  nature  lies Slee:e  188 

How  large  the  promise,  how  divine.  Watts  155 
How  many  pass  the  guilty  night .  C.  Wesley  627 
How  oft  have  I  the  Spirit  grieved.  G.  Wesley  254 

How  oft  this  wretched  heart Steele  522 

How  perfect  isthy  wo.  Altered,  from  Wails  406 
How  precious  is  the  book  divine.. Fawcett  407 

How  sad  our  state  by  nature  is Watts  1P4 

How  shall  a  lost  sinner  hi  pain. . .  C.  Wesley  521 
How  sweetly flow'd  the  gospel's.. Bowling  172 
How  sweet  the  hour  of  closing  da.Bathurst  646 
How  sweet  the  name  of  Jesus  son. Newton  177 

How  swift  the  torrent  rolls Boddridge  638 

How  tedious  and  tasteless  the  hou.  Newton  539 

How  tender  is  thy  hand Hastings  531 

How  vain  are  all  things  here  below.  Watts  474 
How  vain  is  all  beneath  the  sk .  Pratt's  Col.  636 
Humble,  and  teachable,  and  mild .  C.  Wesley  495 

I  and  my  house  will  serve  the  L. C.Wesley  374 
I  ask  the  gift  cf  righteousness. . .  C.  Wesley  323 
I  call  the  world's  Redeemer  min.C.  Wesley  661 
If  death  ourfriends  and  us  divide.  C.  Wesley  382 
If  human  kindness  meets  return .  Noel's  Col.  164 
If,  Lord,  I  have  acceptance  found .  C.  Wesley  481 
If,  on  a  quiet  sea Unknown  457 


698     INDEX   TO  THE  HYMNS. 

If  thou  impart  thyself  to  me C.Wesley  31-2 

I  know  that  my  Redeemer  lives. 

I  know  that  my  Redeemer  live3,  And  ever 

prays  forme. C. 

I  C.W 

I'll  praise  my  Maker  while  I've  bre.  Watts  549 

I  long  to  behold  him  array'd C.  Wesley  568 

I  love  the  Lord  :  he  heard  my  cries.  Waits  525 

I  love  thy  kingdc  m,  Lrd. . Dwight  148 

I  love  to  steal  awhile  away .  . 

Immortal  honour,  endless  fume i 

I  med  to  own  my  Lord. . .  Watts  482 

In  age  and  feebleness  extreme... C.Wesley  400 
In  answer  to  ten  thousand  praye.C  Wesley  270 

)  |  lace ".  ..(..'. 

In  every  trying  h'  ur Coombl  471 

In  expectation  sweet Anon.  670 

Infinite  excellence  is  thine Fawcett    37 

Infinite  G<  d,  to  thee  we  raise-. .  ,.C. 
inat  all  human  hope.. C 
In  mercy,  Lord,  remember  me. . Moravian  368 

In  sorrow  I  lament Slennett  240 

•  laspirer  and  Hearer  of  prayer Top'ady  369 

If:  that  sad,  memorable  night C.  WesUy  160 

In  the  sun,  and  moon,  and  stars Htber  664 

II;  thy  name,  O  Lord,  assembling Kelly    33 

In  thy  presence  we  appear. . .  .Montgomery    34 

Into  thy  gracious  hands  I  fall J. 

Is  there  a  thing  too  hard  for  thee.C.  Wesley  227 

I  thank  thee,  uncreated  Sun J.  \ 

I  the  good  fight  have  fought CI 

I  thiist,  thou  wounded  Lamb  of. ../.  I 
It  is  the  Lord,  who  doth  not  grie.C 

I  want  a  heart  to  bTav C -  : 

I  ■■•.  itliin C.  : 

I  would  be  tliine.Otake  myhe.JZe« 

I  would  not  live  alway Huhlenlurg  568 

Jehovah,  God  the  Father, bless.. C.Wesley  352 
Jehovah,  Gcd,  thy  gracious.  .Dr.  Thomson    65 


INDEX  TO  TEE  HYMNS.     697 

Jerusalem,  my  happy  home Un&rumm  569 

Jesus,  accept  the  praise G.  Wesley  675 

Jesus,  all-redeeming-  Lord G.Wesley  165 

Jesus,  and  shall  it  ever  be Grigg  4S3 

Jesus,  at  whose  supreme  comma.  C.  Wesley  161 
Jesus,  a  word,  a  look  from  thee.  .C.  Wesley  191 
Jesus  Christ,  who  stands  betwee .  G.  Wesley  262 
Jesus  corces  with  all  his  fr.-ace...C.  7"  ■■      ;.    ; 

Jes-us,  faithful  to  his  word C. TV,  < 

Jesus,  Friend  of  sinners,  hear C.  1  519 

--..''.  Wesley  140- 

Jesus,  fulfil  -A 

Jesus,  great  Shepherd  of  the  she.  &W,  411 
Jesus  hath  died  thai  I  might  live.C.  Wesley  316 

Jesus,  I  fain  would  find C.W\  ', 

JFjSsns,  I  fain  would  walk  in  tiiea.C.W,  353 
Jesus,  if  stLU  the  same  thon  art..  C.  : 

Jesus,  if  still  then  art  to-d:  y : 

Jesus,  if  thy  free  grace ' C.  1  22 

Jesus,  immortal  Kin?,  arise Eardet  537 

Jesus,  in  whom  the  Godhes  i 

Jesus  is  our  common  Lord C.Vi'i  ?*!>• S ■".  f 

Jesus,  kind,  inviting  Lord ."■. 

Jesus,  let  thy  pitying-  eye €.'■"■  ■_•;=; 

Jesus,  Lord,  v/e  loo£  to  thee 0  Wet       119 

Jesus,  lover  of  my  soul C'.Tl  rea       234 

Jesus,  my  Advocate  above •'.'.  '■'  ]  )S 

Jesus,  my  all,  to  heaven  is  g<  ne. ..  '  i  2  i  ] 

Jesus,  my  life,  thyself  apply '_.;•""•-    .■:.■> 

Jesus,  my  Lord,  attend. . . ." C.  Wesley  342 

Jesus,  my  Lord,  I  cry  to  thee C.  Wesley  313 

Jesus,  my  Lord,  my  God Henwood 

Jesus,  my  Saviour,  Brother,  Frie  .>'..' 
Jesus,  my  strength  and  righteous .  C.  ' V.  ; '- 

Jesus,  my  strength,  my  hope C.  Wesley 

Jesus,  my  truth,  my  way C.  Wesley  293 

Jesus,  our  best  beloved  in'mi. S-Iontgvmery  343 

Jesus,  plant  and  root  in  me O.  Wesley  £22 

Jesus,  Redeemer  of  mankind. .  ..C.Wesley  206 
Jesus,  Redeemer,  Saviour,  Lord. G.Wesley  ioT 


098     INBEX  TO  THE  HY3INS. 

'.  I  never  be C.l 

Jesus  shall  rcijru  where'er  the  sun..  Watts  598 
Jesus  spreads  his  banner  o'er  us. .  .R.  Hart  169 

Jesus,  take  all  the  glory C. 

riugWord C.Hes'ey  S13 

a C.  Wesley  441 

Jesus,  the  {rift  divine  I  know C.  Wesley  490 

s  Lamb  cf  God,  hath  bl. (7.1 
Jesus,  the  Life,  the  Truth,  the. . .  < '. 
Jesus,  the  Lord  cf  <rWv,  died  ...I 
Jesus,  the  N  .Wesley  136 

Jesus,  the  sinner's  irior.d,  ti  thee. C.Wesley  241 
Jesns,  the  sinner's  rest  thou  art... '." 

Jes::s,  the  v,  

. 

.  .  .    . 
Jesus,  then  all-redeeming  Lord..C. Wesley    ST 

Jesus,  thou  art  cur  Wesley  310 

Jesus,  thou  _ Wat  to    12 

Jesus,  thou  soul  of  all  our  joys. . .  C.  I 

Jesns,  thou  Source  divine. . ." Steele  107 

." 

Jesuv,  thy  blood  ai 

jing.  Bathurst  591 
....'.  Wesley  193 
Jesus,  thy  servants  blesa C. 

Jesus,  to 'thee  I  now  can  fly C.  Wesley  Cfi6 

Jesus,  to  thee  cur  hearts  we  lift.  .C.l 

es  we  fly C.  I 

Jesus,  to  thy  dear  wounds  we  flee. C. 

Jesus,  united  by  thy  en      

Jesus,  was  ever  love  lil;c  thine. . .(.''.  IT"  sley  t'49 

Jesus,  we  lift  our  souls  to  thee 

. 
Jesus,  we  en  thy  v. 

■ C.  1 

Jesus,  where'er  thy  people  t 

j  avis  are .  Maternal  Hi  B.  lo3 


INDEX  TO  THE  HTMNS.    Q99 

Jesus,  whose  glory's  streaming.., J. Wesley  246 

Join  all  the  glorious  names Watts  1  ]  2 

Join,  all  ye  ransoni'd  sons  of  gra.  C.  Wesley  628 

Lamb  of  God,  whose  dying  love . .  C.  Wesley  170 
Leader  of  faithful  souls,  and  gui.C.  Wesley  496 
Let  all  in  whom  the  Spirit.  W.  M.  Bunting  414 
Let  all  on  earth  their  voices  raise . . .  Waits    11 

Let  all  who  truly  hear C.  Wesley  162 

Let  earth  and  heaven  agree C.Wesley  184 

Let  every  mortal  ear  attend Waits  181 

Let  every  tongue  thy  goodness  spe .  Watts  59 
Let  God,  who  comforts  the  disir. C.Wesley  585 
Let  Him  to  whom  we  now  belon.  C.  Wesley  317 
Let  not  the  wise  their  wisdom  bo.  C.  Wesley  261 

Let  party  names  no  more Beddome  411 

Let  the  redeem'd  give  thanks ...  C.  Wesley  237 
Let  the  world  their  virtue  boast. .  C.  Wesley  260 
Let  worldly  minds  the  world  purs .  Kewton  479 
Let  Zion's  watchmen  all  awake. Doddridge  128 
Lift  your  eyes  of  faith,  and  see. . .  C.  Wesley  558 
Lift  up  your  hearts  to  things  abo.  C.  Wesley  423 
Lift  your  glad  voices  in  triumph  on . .  Ware  99 
Lift  your  heads,  ye  friends  of  Jes.C  Wesley  663 

Light  of  life,  seraphic  fire C.  Wesley  353 

i  Light  of  the  Gentile  world,  appe . C.  Wesley  222 
Light  of  these  whose  dreary  dwe.  C.  Wesley  221 

1  Lo !  God  is  here !  let  us  adore J.  Wesley    28 

Lo !  He  comes,  with  clouds  dese.C.Wesley  669 
Long  have  I  seem'd  to  serve  thee .  C.  Wesley  509 
Look  unto  Christ,  ye  nations  ;  ow.  C.  Wesley  184 
Lo !  on  a  narrow  neck  of  land. . . .  C.  Wesley  638 

Lord,  all  I  am  is  known  to  thee Watts    56 

I  Lord,  and  is  thine  anger  gone C.Wesley  524 

Lord,  at  thy  feet  we  sinners  lie Brown  242 

'Lord,  dismiss  us  with  thy  blessing ;  Bid  us 

now  depart  in  peace Unknown  678 

Lord,  dismiss  us  with  tby  blessing ;  Fill  cur 

hearts  with  joy  and  peace Burder  679 

Lord,  fill  me  with  an  humble  fear.  C.  Wesley  353 


700     INDEX  TO  THE  HYMXS. 

Lord  God,  the  Holy  Ghost Montgomery  122 

Lord,  how  secure  and  blest  are  thev'.  Watts  284 

Lord,  how  shall  sinners  dare Steele  106 

Lord,  I  am  thine,  entirely  thine Davies  478 

Lord,  I  approach  the  mercy-seat. .  .Ken-ton  246 

Lord,  I  believe  a  rest  rema'ins C.  Wesley  291 

Lord,  I  beiieve  thy  every  word. .(.'.  I. Lesley  490 

Lord,  I  delight  in  thee Rt/land  543 

Lord,  I  despair  myself  to  heal.  ..C.I Vesley  220 

Lord,  if  at  thy  command CI 

I,ord,  if  thou  hast  bestow'd &  1 

Lord,  in  the  morning thou shalt hear.  Watts  357 
LoTd,  in  the  strength  of  grace...  C.  Wesley  476 

Lord,  in  thy  hand  I  lie C.  Wesley  484 

Lord,  let  me  know  mine  end. .2Io,, 

Lord  of  earth,  and  air,  and  sea. . .  C.Wesley  622 

Lord  of  hosts,  to  thee  we  raise. Montgomery  579 

Lord  of  mercy  and  of  might Heber  378 

Lord  of  my  life,  O  may  thy  praise ...  Steele  362 
Lord  of  the  harvest,  hear.". ......  C.  Wesley  129 

Lord  of  the  Sabbath,  hear  us  j>t. Doddridge  154 
Lord  of  the  wide,  extensive  main .  C.  Wesley  623 

Lord  of  the  worids  :>.b  ve Watts    21 

Lord  over  all,  sent  to  fulfil ./.  Wesley  486 

Lord,  thou  hast  heard  thy  serv. Boston  Col.  532 
Lord,  thou  wilt  hear  me  when  I  pr.  Watts  SfiT 

Lord,  visit  thy  forsaken  race Epi 

Lord,  we  arc  vile,  conceived  in  sin. .  Watts  1ST 

Lord,  we  believe  to  us  and  oura . . C  Wesley  115 

Lord,  we  come  before  thee  now. fie- 

Lord,  when  to  thee  my  sinking  snul. ^Inon.  533 

Lord,  when  we  "bend  before  ih.Prt 

Lord,  while  for  all  mankind  we. .  Wreford  617 

Lord,  whom  winds  and  seas  obey.< '.  Wesley  621 

Lord,  with  a  grieved  and  aching. Beddome  196 

Lo!  round  the  throne  a  g\or .  Pearson1  s  Cbl.  567 

Lo !  the  pris'ner  is  released ('.  Wesley  656 

Love  divine,  all  love  excelling..  .C.Wesley  300 

Lovers  of  pleasure  more  th:; 

Loving  Jesus,  gentle  Lamb C.  Wesley  438 


INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS.    701 

Man  dieth,  and  wasteth  away.  G.  P.  Morris  644 

Master,  I  own  thy  lawful  claim. .  C.  Wesley  478 
May  I,  throughout  this  day  of  th.C.  Wesley  153 
May  the  grace  of  Christ  our  Sovio.JVissfoa  630 

Meet  and  right  it  is  to  sing C.  V/esley    19 

Mercy  alone  can  meet  my  ease .  Montgomery  235 

Messiah,  joy  of  every  heart G.  Wesley  103 

Mighty  One,  before  Whose  face Bryant  603 

Millions  within  thy  courts  hav. Montgomery  370 
Mortals,  awake,  with  angels  join.  .Medley  75 
My  drowsy  powers,  why  sleep  ye  so .  Watts  501 

My  faith  looks  up  to  thee R.  Palmer  350 

My  former  hopes  are  fled Camper  195 

My  God,  how  endless  is  thy  love. . .  Watts  363 
My  God,  I  am  thine,  what  a.  com .  C.  Wesley  549 
My  God,  I  know,  I  feel  thee  min.C.  Wesley  477 
My  God,  my  God,  to  thee  I  cry. .  C.  Wesley  26T 

My  God,  my  life,  my  love Watts  540 

My  God,  my  portion,  and  my  love . .  Watts  540 
My  God,  the  spring  of  all  my  joys. .  Watts  535 
My  Gcd,  thy  service  y;ell  aema.. Doddridge  395 
My  gracious  Lord,  I  own  thy  ri. Doddridge  485 
My  heart  is  fix'd  on  thee,  my.  Wrangham  547 
My  hope,  my  ai',  :,-.-.-  -  ;.-,-:.   :r  ;'_.  I'.ttnovm  343 

My  Maker  and  my  Xing Steele    55 

My  opening  eyes  v.-iih  rapt . Episcopal  Col.  S57 
My  Saviour  from  the  wrath  to  co.C.  V)  '■  ley  394 
My  Saviour,  my  almighty  b  riend . . .  Watts  533 

My  Shepherd's  mighty  aid T.  Roberts  544 

My  son,  know  thou  the  Lo.  Village  Humns  208 
My  soul  before  thee  prostrate. . .  .V.  Wesley  £55 

My  soul,  be  on  thy  guard Heath  437 

My  soul,  through  my  Redeemer's .  C.  Wesley  273 
,  My  soul,  with  humble  fervour  ra. Livingston  278 
My  span  of  life  will  soon  be  do .  Mrs.  Coxcper  466 
My  sufferings  all  to  thee  axekno. C.Wesley  449 

'No  need  of  the  sun  in  that  day. . .  C.  Wesley  561 
Not  heaven's  wide  range  of  ha .  Wes.  Mag.  5S0 
Not  Lere,  as  to  the  prophet's  eye . . .  Conder    26 


702    INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS. 

Now,  even  now.  I  yield,  I  yield . .  C.  Wt aley  "03 

Now  from  the  altar  of  our  heart? 

Now  I  ha ve  found  the  ground  wk .J.Weslt ■:  264 

Now  is  tiie  accepted  time 

Now  let  my  s  ui.  eternal  K  in .  IL  luibotham,  409 
Now,  L<:rd'.  fulfil  thy  faithful  word. . .  West  134 
Now  nif.y  He  who  from  the  dead..  JVewton  079 
Now  may  the  God  of  peace  and  lo.  Gibbons  673 
Now  to  the  great  and  sacred  . 
1\  ow  to  the  haven  of  thy  breast. .  C.  ■ 

O  all-creating  God C.  Wesley    52 

■ornery  525 
,  and  dwell  i:i  me C.Wesley  313 

I  ..is  rebellious  will <;. 

O  conld  I  lose  myself  hi  thee r.  Wesley  241 

O  disclose  ihv  lovely  face C. 

O  Father  Almighty,  to  thee  be. .  Unknown  684 
Of  Him  who  did  salvation  bring. .  C.  Wesley  175 
O  for  a  e!<  =er  walk  with  God. : 

th  that  will  not  shrink. Bathurst  342 

nee  of  heavenly  day Hart  226 

O  f  r  a  heart  to  praise  my  God  ...(.'.■ 

Hairs  645 

- 
O  for  a  thousand  t<  ngues  to  sing.G  ' 

O  for  that  Same  of  living  fire Bathurst  510 

O  for  that  tenderness  of  heart C.  Wesley  232 

O  for  the  death  of  those.  .Church Psalmody  649 

Oft  I  in  my  heart  have  said C.  Wesley  5,'rll 

O  glorious*  hope  of  perfect  love . . .  (. '. .  • 

O  God,  bv  whom  the  seed  is  given.  .Heber  680 

-.  often  hath  th.  Wm.  M.  Bunting  511 
O  God,  most  merciful  and  true ...  C.  Wesley  30* 
O  God,  my  God,  my  all  thou  art.,/.  Wesley  359 
O  God,  my  hope,  my  heavenly  re .  O.  Wesley  62 
O  God  of  bethel,  by  whose  hand. . 

'.Wesley    58 

O  God  of  sovereign  grace Baptist  Col.  5>9 

O  God,  our  hclpin  ages  past Watts  635 


INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS.    70S 

O  God,  onr  strength,  to  thee  .Sp.  of  Psalms  39 
O  God,  thou  art  ray  God  alone . Montgomery  473 

O  God,  thou  bottomless  abyss J.  Wesley    70 

O  God,  though  countless  vro.J.  D.  Knowles  580 
O  God,  thy  faithfulness  I  plead ..  C.  Wesley  457 
O  God,  thy  righteousness  we  own .  G.  Wesley  609 
O  God,  to'thee  we  raise  ou.  Wileoek'sSelec.  454 
O  God,  to  whom  in  flesh  reveal'd.C.TFM'e!/  130 

O  God,  unseen,  vet  ever  near Unhnmon  165 

O  God,  we  praise  thee,  and  ec  mess. Patrick  40 
O  God,  what  off'ring  shall  I  give../.  Wesley  S20 
O  God,  who  madest  earth  and  sky.. Heber  379 
O  happy  day  that  fix'd  my  cho. Doddridge  272 

O  happy,  happy  place G.Wesley  133 

O  holy," holy,  holy  Lord Conder    S5 

O  how  happy  are  they G.  Wesley  27°, 

O  how  shall  a  sinner  perform C.  V.'eshy  '274 

O  Jesus,  at  thy  feet  we  wait C.  Wesley  355 

O  Jesus,  full  of  grace C.  Wesley  51 3 

O  Jesus,  full  of  truth  and  grace.  .C.  Wesley  51  7 
O  Jesus,  full  of  truth  and  grace  !  O  all-aton- 
ing Lamb  of  God ,.C.  Wes1e$  37-1 

O  Jesus,  in  pity  draw  near G.  Wes'e],  253 

O  join  ye  the  anthems  of  trium . Noel's  Col.  602 
O  joyful  sound  of  gospel  grace ...  0.  Wesley  595 
O  King  of  glory,  thy  rich  grace.  .J.Wesley.  436 
O  Lamb  of  God,  for  sinners  slain.  C.  Wesley  249 
O  let  the  prisoner's mournful  cries .  G.  Wes'tey  354 
O  Lord,  another  day  has  flow.//.  K.  White  375 

O  Lord,  my  best  desire  fulfil Cou-per  453 

O  Lord,  our  fathers  oft  have .  Tats  &  Brady  616 
O  Lord,  our  King,  how  escell. Montgomery  49 
O  Lord,  thy  heavenly  grace  impart.  Obtrlin  371 

O  Lord,  thy  work  revive Hastings  354 

O  love  divine,  how  sweet  thou  ar.  C.  Wesley  32-1 
O  love  divine,  what  hast  thou  do.  C'.  Wesley  86 
O  love,  thy  sov'reign  aid  impart.  C.  Wesley  487 

O  may  thy  powerful  word G.  Wesley  439 

O  might  mv  hi  be  cast  with  the .  C.  Wesley  140 
O  my  offended  God C.  Wesley  557 


IXDEX  TO  THE  HTMKS. 

On  all  the  earth  thy  Spirit  shower.  B 
Once  more,  my  soul,  the  rising  day . .  Wattt  280 
we  come  before  our  God.. ITcrt  30 
-  stormy  banks  I  ste.S.Stennett  554 
On  thee,  each  morning,  O  my  God. .Anon.  363 
On  this  stale,  now  laid  with  -[>Ts..Piei-ponl  5"7 

On  thy  Church,  O  Power  divine 

:.Tute&  Brady    16 
O  Saviour,  V.-\er ;-.-. 

. .    . 
O  Spirit  oft 

i 

O  that  I  «  uld  repent,  O  that C.  Wesley  192 

.Wesley  225 

O  that  I  ecu'  :  C. 

C.Wesleg  513 

O  that  my  load  of  sin  were  gone. C  I 

'  :n,  slain C.  Wesle  >i  1 09 

C.  Wesley  398 

.'.1  g->o'Lness...A" 

O  thou  God  cf  rriy  salvation C.  Wesley  644 

:rest  prayer... Conder  3S6 
1 

r,  Fii.C.  Wesley  355 

i  Liearest  prayer Pro 

'.'■ I 'tsley  233 
whom,  in  ancient  time. Pi 
h( se  ,ii':-Stf:.rchir.ff  si.</- 1 
O  thou,  who  all  things  canst  ton.  J.  Wesley  507 

fa    art  the  light 

.   Vesley  S44 
io  diiest  the  mown 
O  thou,  who  hast  at  thy  command .  I 
O  thou,  w  h 

O  thou,  who  hast  spread  cut.//.  F.  Gould  624 
O  thou,  who  in  the  <  -    .V  mans  381 

O  thou,  whom  fain  my  soul  woul.C. 


INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS.     705 

O  thou,  whom  once  they  flock'd .  C.  Wesley  192 

O  thou  whom  we  adore C.  Wesley  593 

O  thou,  whose  mercy  hears Steele  519 

O  thou,  whose  off'ring  on  the  tree .  C.  Wesley  103 
O  thou,  whose  wise,  paternal  lov.  C.  Wesley  400 
X  ™ou'  "^ho>  ^hen  we  did  comp.  C.Wesley  530 
O  tas  delight  without  aUoy. ........  Watts  541 

O  'to  enough,  my  God,  my  God. .  C.  Wesle,/  512 

Our  blest  Redeemer Zyte  124 

Our  children  thou  dost  claim  Salisbury  Col.  157 
Our  Father,  God,  who  art  in  heav., Judson  334 

Our  few  revolving  years Beddome  634 

uur  tod  is  love,  and  all. . Biclcersteth: 's  Col.  412 

Our  peat  Creator  God C.  Wesley  660 

Our  heavenly  Father,  hear. . .  .Montgomery  334 
Our  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead. .  C  Wesley  93 
Our  old  companions  in  distress ...  (7.  Wesley  573 

Our  ems  on :  Christ  were  laid Faicceh    S5 

Out  of  the  depths  of  wo Montgomery  259 

O  what  amazing  words  of  grace.. .  .Medley  116 

O  what  a  mighty  ehange C.  Wesley  512 

O  what  delight  is  this r,  WesleL  1M 

O  when  shall  we  sweetly  remove.  C.  J*wi  569 
O  where  is  now  that  glowing  love . . .  Kelly  510 
O  where  shall  rest  he  found..  .Montgomery  201 
O  who,  m  such  a  world  as  thk.J&^Z«|  448 
O  why  should  gloomy  thoughts.  .agrt«n^  2i! 
O  Wisdom  !  whose  unfading  power. JB-Sw.  604 
O  wondrous  power  of  faithful  pr.  C.  Wesley  337 

Pass  a  few  swiftly  fleeting  years.  C.  Wesley  640 

T l*~l'  ? ^"f  heT1'  m>T  God's "  <*  WW*  470 
f  f  ac* >  t«wWed  Boul Dtatfw*  465 

iwf  r^  ^  °ldark  desPair-  •  »"««••     85 

praise  the  God  of  our  salvation Conder  683 

'  IW  the.tna.me  °f  G°d>  ™ost  hi.  Dfc*™™*  68| 
JW,  llS  *?  ^i ^ord> Sir  J-  *  Smith  4 
Praise  ye  the  Lord,  'tis  good  to  rai.  Watts.  57 
23 


706     INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord,  ye  immortal. . . .  Watts    77 

Prayer  is  appointed  to  convey Hart  331 

Prayer  is  tne  soul's  sincere... Montoomery  331 

Pray  -without  ceasing,  pray C.Wesley  435 

Prince  of  peace,  control  my  will....  Anon.  311 

Pris'nere  of  hope,  arise C.  Wesley  326 

Prisoners  of  hope,  be  strong,  be.. C.Wesley  295 
Pris'ners  of  hope,  lift  up  your.  ...C.  Wesley  294 

Proclaim  the  lofty  praise Baptist  Col.  114 

Prostrate  at  Jesus'  feet Stennett  24'2 

Prostrate,  with  eyes  of  faith,  I... C.Wesley  243 

Qnicken'd  with  our  immortal . . . .  C.  Wesley  329 

Redeemer  of  mankind C.  Wesley  109 

Rejoice  in  Jesus'  birth C.  Wesley    79 

Rejoice,  the  Lord  is  King C.  Wesley  533 

Return,  my  soul,  enjoy  thy  rest  S.  Stennett  152 
Return,  my  soul,  unto  thy  rest  Montgomery  480 

Return,  O  "wanderer,  return Colyer  213 

Rise,  my  soul,  and  stretch  thy. .  .Seagrave  557 

Rock  of  ages,  cleft  for  me Topladv  247 

Roll  on,  thuu  mighty  ocean... Pratvs  Cot.  5S6 

Salvation!  0  the  joyful  sound Wails  175 

Saviour,  breathe  an  evening  ble.Edm eston  365 
Saviour  from  sin,  I  wait  to  prove.  C.  Wesley  291 
Saviour,  I  now  with  shame  coni.. C.Wesley  515 

Saviour,  now  in  me  perform C.  Wesley  460 

Saviour  of  all,  to  thee  we  bow. . .  C.  Wesley  4-23 
Saviour  of  all,  what  hast  thou  . . .  C.  Wesley  443 
Saviour  of  men,  thy  searching. . .  C.  Wesley  389 

Saviour  of  sinful  men C.  Wesley  571 

Saviour  of  the  sin-sick  soul C.  Wesley  325 

Saviour,  on  me  the  grace  bestow. C.Wesley  301 
Saviour,  Prince  of  Israel's  race.  ..C  Wesley  231 

Saviour,  see  me  from  above C.  Wesley  229 

Saviour,  the  world's  and  mine  ...C.  I'esley  317 

Saviour,  we  know  thou  art C.  Wesley  595 

Suviour,  when  ia  dust  to  thee Glenelg  S39 


INDEX  TO  THE  HYSENS.      707 

See  how  great  a  flame  aspires. . .  C.  Wesley  599 

See  how  the  morning  sun Scott  361 

See  Israel's  gentle  Shepherd.  ..Doddridge  156 
See  Jesus  rising'from  the  grave  Noel's  Col.  102 

See,  Jesus,  thy  disciples  see C.  Wesley    27 

See,  sinners,  in  the  gospel  glass. .  C.  Wesley  182 

See  the  gospel  Church  secure C.  Wesley  143 

See  the  Lord,  thy  Keeper,  stand . C.  Wesley  339 
See  where  our  great  High  Priest  C.  Wesley  108 

Servant  of  God,  well  done C.  Wesley  652 

Servants  of  God,  in  joyful  lays  Montgomery  18 
Shall  foolish,  weak,  short-sighted  C '.Wesley    71 

Shall  I,  for  fear  of  feeble  man J.  Wesley  391 

Shall  man,  O  God  of  light  and  Mfe.Dwight  657 
Shepherd  divine,  our  wants  rele .  C.  Wesley  333 
Shepherd  of  souls,  with  pitying. .  C.  Wesley  583 
Show  pity,  Lord,  O  Lord,  forgive  . . .  Watts  241 
Shrinking  from  the  cold  hand  of .  C.  Wesley  640 
Since  all  the  varying  scenes  of  time  DTervey  447 

Sing  praise,  the  tomb  is  void Unknown    98 

Sing  to  the  great  Jehovah's  prai.  C.Wesley  632 
Sing  we  the  song  of  those  v<ho.Montgomery    10 

Sing  we  to  our  God  above C.  Wesley  6S2 

Sinners,  lift  up  your  hearts C.  Wesley  125 

Sinners,  obey  the  gospel  word ...  C.  Yt  'esley  211 
Sinners,  obey  the  heavenly  cail..<7.TF<;s%  179 

Sinners,  the  call  obey C.Wesley  611 

Sinners,  the  voice  of  God  regard.  .Fawcett  200 
Sinners,  turn,  while  God  is  near  .  C.  Wesley  214 
Sinners,  turn,  whv  will  ye  die . . .  C.  Wesleu  214 

Softly  now  the  light  of  day Epis.  Col.  364 

Soldiers  of  Christ,  arise C.  Wesley  433 

Soldiers  of  Christ,  lay  hold C.  Wesley  434 

Sole  Sov'reign  of  the" earth  and ...E.  Scott  380 

Songs  of  praise  the  angels Montgomery    12 

Son  of  God,  thy  blessing  grant. . .  C.  Wesley  457 

Sons  of  God,  triumphant  rise C.  Wesley  169 

Soon  may  the  last  glad  song.. Pratt's  Col.  602 
Sov'reign  of  all  the  worlds  on.  .Doddridge  283 
Sov'reign  of  worlds,  display...  Trait's  Col.  597 


708      INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS. 

Sov'reign  Ruler,  Lord  of  all Raffia  243 

Sow  in  the  mom  thy  seed Montgomery  132 

Spirit,  leave  thy  house  of  c]tiy. Montgomery  662 

Spirit  of  faith,  come  down C.  Wesley  286 

Spirit  of  holiness C.  Wesley  538 

Spirit  of  truth,  essential  God C  Wesley  407 

Stand  the  omnipotent  decree C.  Wesle'v  674 

Stay,  thou  insulted  Spirit,  stay. .C.Wesley  253 

Still  for  thy  loving-kindness C.Wesley  483 

Still  nigh  me,  O  mv  Saviour C.Y 

Still  on  the  Lord  thy  burden  ..Pratt's  Col.  468 

Submissively,  my  God ITaxeeis  469 

Surrounded  by  a'host  of  foes C.  Wesleu  438 

Sweet  is  the  prayer  wh.o.Martineau's  Oof.  393 

Sweet  is  the  work,  my  God,  my Watt*  149 

Sweet  was  the  time  when  first  I..  .Newton  516 

Talk  with  us,  Lord,  thyself  re\e.C. Wesley  536 
Taught  bv  our  Lord,  w'e  will  not  C'.  Wesley  383 
Terrible  thought,  shall  I  alone ...  C.  Wesley  20S 
Thank  and  praise  Jehovah's.  .Montgomery    15 

That  awful  day  will  surely  come Watts  671 

That  doleful  night  before  his  death  .  Mart  160 
The  counsels  of  redeeming  gra.S.  Stennett  403 
The  day  of  Christ,  the  day  of  Go. C.Weslev  102 
The  day  of  wrath,  that  dreadful. .  W.  ScoU  668 
The  earth,  with  all  her  fulness  C.  Wesley  54 
Thee,  in  the  watches  of  the  night  C.  Wesley  371 
Thee,  Jesus,  full  of  truth  and  gra  C.  Wesley  463 
Thee,  King  of  saints,  we  praise..  C. Wesley  166 

Thee  to  laud  in  songs  divine C.  Wesley    72 

Thee  we  adore,  eternal  >.ame Wo.tls  634 

The  glorious  armies  of  the  sky.  Iff*.  Roice  547 
The  glorious  universe  around.. Montgomery  411 

The  God  of  Abrah'm  praise Oliver*  564 

The  God  of  harvest  praise Montgomery  614 

The  God  of  mercy  be  adored C.Wesley  681 

The  God  of  nature  and  of  grace  Montgomery    4S 

The  God  who  reigns  on  high 'Oliver's  566 

The  gospel  1  O  what  endless  charms. Steele  171 


INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS.     709 

The  great  archangel's  tramp C.  Wesley  671 

The  head  that  once  was  crown'd Kelly  101 

The  heavenlv  treasure  now  we  . .  C.  Wesley  422 
The  King  of  heaven  his  table..  .Doddridge  162 
The  Law  and  Prophets  all  fore  . .  C.  Wesley  585 
The  long-lost  son,  with  streamin.  Unknown  259 
The  Lord  descended  from  above. Sternhold    51 

The  Lord  is  my  Shepherd Montgomery  504 

The  Lord  is  risen  indeed Kelly    96 

The  Lord  Jehovah  reigns Watts    52 

The  Lord  my  pasture  shall  ~preya.  .Addison  503 

The  Lord  of  earth  and  sky C.  Wesley  633 

The  Lord  of  Sabbath  let  us  .  .S.  Weshv,  jr.  95 
The  Lord  onr  God  is  clothed. H.  K.  White  53 
The  morning  flowers  display. S.  Wesley,  jr.  659 

The  nations  of  the  earth Gibbons  595 

The  perfect  world,  by  Adam  trod  . .  Willis  581 

The  power  to  bless  my  house C.  Wesley  375 

The  prayinar  spirit  breathe C.  Wesley  335 

There  is  a  fountain  fill'd  with Couper  174 

There  is  a  glorious  w-orld  of. .  .Jane  Taylor  60S 
There  is  a  God — all  nature  speaks.  ..Steele    45 

There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight Watts  554 

There  is  an  hour  of  peaceful  rest.  .Tappan  559 
There  seems  a  voice  in  every. .  .Mrs.  Opie  46 
The  sacred  bond  of  perfectness  . .  C.  Wesley  413 
The  saints  who  die  of  Christ  pos.  C.  Wesley  646 
The  Saviour,  when  to  heaven  ..Doddridge  111 
The  spacious  firmament  on  high.  .Addison  45 
The  Sun  of  Righteousness  ap.5'.  Wesley,  jr.  96 
The  Sun  of  Righteousness  on  me.C.Wesley  389 
The  tempter  to  mv  soul  hath.. Montoomery  523 
The  thing  my  God  doth  hate. . . .  C.  Wesley  305 

The  voice  of  free  grace Thursby  1S2 

The  wisdom  own:d  by  all  thy C.  Wesley  266 

They  that  toil  upon  the  deep  ..Montgomery  622 
Thine,  Lord,  is  wisdom,  thine. . .  .J.Wesley  58 
This  day  the  covenant  I  si.  W.  M.  Bunting  271 

This  day  the  Lord  has  call'd Bathurst  148 

This  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  mads.  .Zvte  150 


710     EMDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS. 

This  is  thy  will,  I  know C.  Weahy  290 

This  slumber  from  my  spirit  ska .  C.  Wesley  436 

This  stone  to  thee,  in  faith Montgomery  517 

This,  this  is  He  that  came C.  Wesley    89 

This,  this  is  the  God  we  adore Hart    57 

Thou  art  the  Way  :  to  thee  alone  .  .Doane  107 
Though  eighteen  hundred  years  .C.Wesley  194 
Though  I  have  grieved  thy  Spirit.. .  TJ'tjtt's  249 
Though  nature's  strength  decay. . .  Olivers  565 
Though  now  the  nations  sit  bene.X.  Bacon  594 
Though  troubles  assail  and  dang  ..Kcwton  444 

Though  waves  and  storms  go J.Wesley  470 

Thou  God  of  all-sufficient  grace ..  C.  Wesley  306 

Thou  God  of  truth  and  love C.  Wes'e'y  415 

Thou  God  of  power,  thou. .  .Pearson's  Col.  25 
Thou  great  mysterious  God  un . . .  C.  Wesley  282 
Thou  hidden  God,  for  whom  I... C. Wesley  190 
Thou  hidden  love  of  God,  whose.-/.  Wesle'v  491 
Thou  hidden  Source  of  calm  rep  .  C.  Wesley  546 
Thou  Judge  of  quick  and  dead.. .C.  Wesley  667 
Thou  Lamb  of  God,  for  sinners. . .  C.  Wesley  250 
Thou  Lamb  of  God,  thou  Prince../.  Wesley  451 

Thou,  Lord,  art  God  alone C.  Wesley  543 

Thou,  Lord,  hast  blest  my  going. C.Wesley  377 
Thou,  Lord  of  life,  whos  .'Flowers  of  Pvetr'v  36-9 
Thou,  Lord,  on  whom  I  still  de..C.Wesle>/  506 

Thou  refuge  of  my  soul Steele  456 

Thou  rock  of  my  salvation C.  Wesley  453 

Thousands,  O  Lord  of  hosts  .  ..Montgomery  897 

Thou  seest  my  feebleness C.  Wesley  367 

Thou  seest  our  weakness,  Lord.  .J.  Wesley  486 

Thou  Shepherd  of  Israel,  and C.  Wesley  545 

Thou  Son  of  God,  whose  flaming  C.  Wesley  197 

Th  m,  He  eternal  Lord C.Wesley    60 

Thou  very  paschal  Lamb C.  Wesley  105 

Thoa  very  present  aid C.  Wesley  530 

Thou,  who  hast  in  Zion  luid...iM>s.  Buhner  515 

Thou,  who  on  the  whirlwind Pierpont  6S2 

Thou,  whose  almighty  word Marriott  592 

Through  sorrow's  night,  and.. II.  K.  White  653 


INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS.      711 

Thus  far  the  Lord  hath  led  me  on..  Watts.  366 
Thus  saith  the  Lord— 'tis  God. . .  C.  Wesley  131 
Thy  ceaseless,  unexhausted  love.C.  Wesley  179 
Thy  every  suff'ring  servant,  "Lot. C.Wesley  471 
Thy  gracious  presence,  O  my  God. . Steele.  463 
Thy  law  is  perfect,  Lord  of  . .  .Montgomery  406 
Thy  life  I  read,  my  gracious.. ..S.  Stcnnett  643 
Thy  loving  Spirit,  Lord,  alone. . .  C.  Wesley  299 
Thy  mercy  heard  my  infant  praye.  Ghnelg  400 
Thy  name  to  me,  thy  Dature  gra.C  Wesley  314 
Thy  presence,  everlasting  God.. Doddridge  379 
Thy  presence,  gracious  God,  sSor.Fawcett  24 
Thy  presence,  Lord,  the  place  ...C.  Wesley  340 

Thy  way  is  in  the  sea Fawcett  499 

Thy  word,  almighty  Lord Montgomery  408 

Tunes  without  number  have  I. . .  ft  Wesley  521 
'Zis  ^.sYd  !  s0  the  Saviour  said.  .Stennett  92 
'Tis  finish 'd  !  the  Messiah  dies. .  ft  Wesley    92 

To  bless  thy  chosen  race Tale  &  Brady  594 

To  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost,  The  God 

whom  heaven's  triumphant  . . .  Unknown  682 
To  Father,   Son,   and  Holy  Ghost,   Who 

sweetly  all  agree Watts  681 

io  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit,  Ascribe  we 

equal  glory C.  Wesley  684 

To  Father,  Son,   and  Spirit,   ever  blest, 
Eternal  praise  and  worship.. . .  Unknown  683 

To  God  the  Father,  Son J.  Wesley  681 

To  God  the  Father,  Son,  And.. .  Unknown  684 

To  God  the  Father's  throne Watts  6S2 

To  Jesus,  our  exalted  Lord Steele  167 

To  thee  be  praise  forever Unknown  684 

To  thee,  great  God  of  love,  I. ...  ft  Wesley  304 
To  thee,  O  God,  when  creatur..  Doddridge  651 

w   t^-^-r0,^  and  Saviour Ilaweis  383 

Io  the  hills  I  Eft  mine  eves ft  Wesley  338 

To  us  a  child  of  hope  is  born.  .Montgomery    78 

To  us  a  child  of  royal  birth ft  Wesley    79 

iremendous  God,  with  humble ..  ft  Wesley  639 
iryus,  O  God,and  scarab,  the... ft JTej/ey  418 


712     INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS. 

Unchangeable,  almighty  Lord...C  Wesley  417 
Unveil  thy  bosom,  faithful  tomb. . .  .  Watt's  656 
Urge  on  your  rapid  course C.  Wesley  434 

Vain  are  all  terrestrial  pleasures Ford  475 

Vain,  delusive  world,  adieu C.Wesley  476 

Vain  man,  thy  fond  pursuits Hart  203 

Victim  diviue  !  thy  grace  we.  ...C.  Wesley  166 
Vital  spark  of  heavenly  flame Pope  402 

Walk  in  the  light!  so  shalt  tho.5.  Barton  500 
Watch'd  by  the  world's  malig  . .  C.  Wesley  4S7 
Watchman,  tell  us  of  the  night.  ..Boicrin'g  600 
Weary  souls,  that  wander  wide. .  C.  If".  .;'/,/  207 
We  bring  no  glitt'ring  treasures.. Phillip*  607 

We,  by  his  Spirit  prove C.  Wesley  276 

Weep  not  for  a  brother  deceased. C.  Wesley  654 
We  have  no  outward  righteous.. C.Wesley  263 
We  journey  through  a  vale  of..  .B.  Barton  446 

We  Know,  by  faith  we  know G.  Wesley  570 

Welcome,  sweet  day  of  rest Watts  149 

We  lift  our  hearts  to  thee J.  Wesley  362 

What  am  I,  O  thou  glorious  God  C.Wesley  271 
What  are  those  soul-reviving.  Pratt's  Col.  607 
What  glory  gilds  the  sacred~page..Ou7>er  404 
What  Ls  our  calling's  glorious  . . .  C.  Wesley  289 

What  majesty  and  grace S.  Stennett  17-2 

What '.  never  speak  one  evil  wo  .C.Wesley  304 
What  now  is  my  object  and  aim.C.  Weshy  417 
What  shall  I  do  my  God  to  love .  C.  Wesley  1S5 
What  various  hindrances  we  meet.Cawper  336 
When  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God. A 

When  death'  before  mv  sight Steele  398 

When  first  the  Spirit  left  the  Ihx .  ..TudJcln  123 
When,  gracious  Lord,  when  sh..C.  Wesley  252 

When  I  can  read  mv  title  clear Watts  439 

When  Israel,  of  the'Lord  beloved.  W 
When  Israel  out  of  Egypt  enmc. C.Wesley    51 
When  I  survey  the  wondrous  cross..  Watts    93 
When  Jesus  left  his  Father's .  ilvntgomery  606 


INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS.      713 

When  languor  and  disease  invade .  Toplady  395 
"When,  my  Saviour,  shall  I  he . , .  C.  Wesley  303 

When  o'er  the  deep  we  rode Anon  625 

When,  O  mv  Saviour,  shall  it  be . .  C.  Wesley  509 

"When  on  Sinai's  top  I  see Montgomery  116 

When  on  the  brink  of  death Colyer  399 

When  power  divine  in  mortal.  J.  E.  Smith  472 

When  quiet  in  my  house  I  sit C.  Wesley  408 

When  rising  from  the  bed  of  death.  Addison  219 
When  shall  I  hear  the  inward  vo .  C.  Wesley  288 
When  shall  I  see  the  welcome  ho.  C.  Wesley  319 
When  shall  the  voice  of  singing.  Pratt's  Col.  599 
When  shall  thy  love  constrain. . .  C.  V,~esley  256 
When  the  last  trumpet's. Bickersteth's  Col.  661 

When  through  the  torn  sail Heber  626 

When  to  the  exiled  seer  were.  G.  Robinson  576 

Where  are  the  dead Montgomery  202 

Wherefore  should  I  make  my  mo.  C.  Wesley  380 

Where  is  the  Hebrew's  God C.  Wesley  144 

Where  is  the  Saviour  now Bap.  Col.  520 

Where  shall  my  wond'ring  soul. . C.  Wesley  286 
Wherewith,  O  Lord,  shall  1  draw.  C.  Wesley  218 
Which  of  the  monarchs  of  the  ea.  C.  Wesley  504 
While  dead  in  trespasses  I  lie. . .  C.  Wesley  1ST 
While  life  prolongs  its  precious  lig.Dwight  198 
While  shepherds  watch'd  th .  Tate  &  Brady  73 
While  thee  I  seek, pro. Mrs. M.M.Williams  373 
While  thou  art  intimately  nigh. .  C.  Wesley  529 
While  through  this  world  we. Montgomery  555 
While  we  walk  with  God  in  light .  C.  Wesley  430 
While  with  ceaseless  course  the  su.Aeirfon  630 
Who  are  these  array'd  in  white..  C.Wesley  567 

Who  in  the  Lord  confide C.  Wesley  143 

Who  make  the  Lord  of  hosts. Montgomery  141 
Whom  man  forsakes  thou  wilt  no .  C.  Wesley  220 
"Why  do  we  mourn  for  dying  friends .  Watts  657 
Why  is  my  heart  with  grief.  Wilson's  Col.  460 
Why  not  now,  my  God,  my  God.  C.  Wesley  248 

Why,  O  my  soul,  O  why Colton  462 

Why  should  our  tears  in  sor.  Conder's  Col,  658 


714      INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS. 

Why  should  the  children  of  a  King.  Watts  277 
Why  should  we  boast  of  time  to.  3/.  WHl-n  199 
Why  should  we  lament  the  lot..C.Tr<=s/ev  643 
Why  should  we  start,  and  fear  to. . .  Watt's  642 
Wilt  thou  not  yet  to  me  reveal . . .  C.  Wesley  387 
Wisdom  ascribe,  and  might,  and .  C.  Wesley  628 
With  glorious  clouds  encompass. .  C.  Wesley  83 
Within  thy  house,  O  Lord  our. Presb.  Col.    24 

With  joy  we  hail  the  sacred  day L'jte    30 

With  joy  we  lift  our  eyes Mi     35 

With  joy  we  meditate  the  grace Watts  104 

With  stately  towers Aston  139 

With  trouble  laden Judkin  454 

Worship,  and  thanks,  and  blessin .  C.  Wes'ey  526 
Wo  to  the  men  on  earth  who  dw.  C.  Wesley  668 
Would  Jesus  have  the  sinner  die .  C.  Wesley  91 
Wretched,  helpless,  and  distress. C.Wesley  250 

Ye  faithful  souls,  who  Jesus  kno. C.Wesley  498 

Ye  praying  souls,  rejoice Medley  338 

Ye  ransom'd  sinners,  hear C.  Wesley  298 

Ye  servants  of  God,  your  Master.  C.  Wesley  17 
Yes,  from  this  instant,  now,  I  will.  C.  Wesley  521 

Ye  simple  souls,  that  stray J.Wesley  505 

Yes,  I  will  bless  thee,  O  mx.HeQinb  thani  543 
Ye  that  pass  by,  behold  the' Man'.  C.  Wesley    89 

Ye  virgin  souls,  arise C.  Wesley  629 

Ye  wretched,  starving  poor Steele  210 

Yield  to  me  now,  for  I  am  weak.C.ires/ey  333 
Young  men  and  maidens,  raise . . .  C.  Wesley    13 

Zion  stands  with  hills  surrounded ....  Kelly  146 


SUPPLEMENT, 


HYMNS 


SUNDAY-SCHOOLS,  YOUTH, 
AND  CHILDREN. 


PEEEACE. 


Sunday-Schools  are  the  acknowledged  nur- 
Beries  of  the  Chnrch  of  Christ.  In  them  the 
children  of  the  Church  should  be  taught  the 
Bongs  of  Zion.  Hitherto  both  Sunday-schools 
and  churches  have  been  embarrassed  for  lack 
of  a  Hymn-Book  which  they  might  use  in  com- 
mon. Sunday-school  Hymn-Books  have  lacked 
variety,  and  church  Hymn-Books  have  been 
deficient  in  hymns  adapted  to  Sunday-schools. 
A  two-fold  expenditure,  and  a  wide  dissimilar- 
ity between  the  Hymn-Books  of  Sunday-schools 
and  those  of  the  congregations  in  which  they 
worshipped,  were  among  the  results  of  using 
both  classes  of  books. 

The  desideratum  was  a  church  Hymn-Book 
that  should  embrace  a  sufficient  number  of  chil- 
dren's hymns  for  Sunday-school  purposes,  and 
a  Sunday-school  Hymn-Book  that  might  be  pur- 
chased either  bound  with  the  standard  Hymn- 
Book  of  the  Church,  or  separately  in  a  cheap 
form. 

The  following  collection  of  hymns  is  designed 
to  secure  both  these  objects.  Published  as  a 
Supplement  to  the  Church  Hymn-Book,  it  ren- 
ders that  volume  complete,  and  more  perfect 
in  its  adaptation  to  the  use  of  Sunday-schools 
than  any  other  extant.  Published  separately, 
it  supplies,  at  the  least  possible  expense,  nearly 
all  the  choice  hymns  of  our  language,  that  are 
peculiarly  suited  to  the  capacities  of  the  young 
and  the  wants  of  Sunday-schools.    In  either 


*  PREFACE. 

form  the  arrangement  is  the  same,  and  the  child 
who  has  the  cheap  Sunday-school  Hymn-Book 
ha.s  the  authorized  Supplement  of  the  Church 
Hymn-Book,  and  is  thus  far  prepared  to  sing 
with  the  congregation.  It  is  to  he  hoped,  how- 
ever, that  every'child  will,  sooner  or  later,  pos- 
sess the  Hymn-Book  of  the  Church,  including 
the  Supplement,  and  thus  be  furnished  at  once 
for  domestic  and  public  worship  in  all  their 
forms. 

It  is  due  to  those  whom  we  would  train  tip 
for  God,  that  their  lips  should  be  early  taught 
to  show  forth  his  praise.  Being  encouraged 
from  childhood  to  join  in  public  acts  of  devo- 
tion, their  hearts  will  be  sweetly  and  power- 
fully attracted  to  the  cross,  while  their  minds 
will  be  imbued  with  the  saving  principles  of 
religious  truth.  Thus  the  tender  associations 
of  early  life  may  be  made  to  contribute  to  the 
piety  of  mature  years,  and  to  the  sacred  con- 
solations of  hoary  age. 

Thus,  too,  the  Church  of  Christ  may  be  es- 
tablished, ever  having  in  her  children  the  earn- 
est of  her  extension,  and  the  pledge  of  her 
perpetuity. 

***  At  a  joint  meeting  of  the  Editors  and 
Book-Committee,  the  duty  of  preparing  this 
Supplement  was  assigned  to  the  Editor  of  Sun- 
day-school  publications.  His  labour  has  receiy- 
ed"the  official  sanction  of  the  bishops. 

Nevj-York,  1849. 


CONTENTS. 


Early  Piety— Invitations T 

Motives  to  Early  Piety.. 8 

Blessings  op  Eaely  Piety 12 

Pbivileges  and  Duties  of  the  Young.  15 

Youth ^ 17 

Peayee  and  Peaise 19 

The  Bible 23 

The  Sabbath, ...... 25 

Infant  Classes  and  Little  Childeen.  .  28 

The  Sunday-School .« 33 

Anntveesaeies ; 38 

MlSSIONAEY 39 

Death  and  Funeeals. .»  42 

dozologies «...  4§ 


HYMNS 


EAELY  PIETY-DsTITATIOXa 

J  C.  M. 

0  come,  let  us  worship. 

COME,  let  us  join  the  hosts  above, 
Now  in  our  youthful  days ; 
Remember  our  Creator's  love, 
And  lisp  our  Father's  praise, 

2  His  majesty  -will  not  despise 
The  day  of  feeble  things  : 

Grateful  the  songs  of  children  rise, 
And  please  the  King  of  kings. 

3  He  loves  to  be  remember'd  thus, 
And  honour'd  for  his  grace : 

Out  of  the  mouths  of  babes  like  us, 
His  wisdom  perfects  praise. 

4  Glory  to  God,  and  praise,  and  power, 
Honour  and  thanks  be  given ! 

Children  and  cherubim  adore 
The  Lord  of  earth  and  heaven. 

2  C.  M. 

Christ's  Invitation. 

OUR  Saviour  bids  the  children  come ; 
He  bids  us  come  to  Him  ; 
Andj  as  in  other  days,  he  spreads 
His  arms  to  take  us  in. 


8      EARLY  PIETY — INVITATIONS 

2  Forever  blessed  be  his  name ; 
No  earthly  love  like  his ! 

O  may  it  draw  our  hearts  to  him, 
And  to  the  world  of  bliss  1 

3  There  may  we  come  at  last,  to  sing 
In  nobler  strains  his  praise ; 

And  .join  the  little  ones,  who  stand 
Before  oar  Father's  face. 

3  S.  M. 

Come  to  Jesut. 

COME  to  the  mercy-seat— 
Come  to  the  place  of  prayer; 

Come,  little  children,  to  His  feet, 
In  whom  ye  live  and  are ! 

2  Come  to  your  God  in  prayer- 
Come  to  your  Saviour  now — 

While  youthful  skies  are  bright  and  fair, 
And  health  is  on  your  brow. 

S  Come  in  the  name  of  Him 
Who  all  your  sorrows  bore— 

Who  ever  lives  to  pardon  sin, 
And  will  be  sought  by  prayer. 


MOTIVES  TO  EAELY  PIETY. 

4  C.  M. 

/  am  to  live  forever. 

THE  sun  that  lights  the  world  shall  fad*, 
The  stars  shall  pass  away ; 
But  I,  a  child,  immortal  made, 

Shall  witness  their  decay. 
2  Yes,  I  shall  live  when  they  are  dead, 

Though  now  so  bright  they  shine ; 
When  earth,  and  all  it  holds,  are  fled, 
Eternity  is  mine. 


MOTIVES  TO  EARLY  PIETY.     9 

3  For  I  shall  never,  never  die, 
While  God  himself  remains ; 

But  either  live  in  heaven  on  high, 
Or  bound  in  hell  in  chains. 

4  If  heaven  and  hell  ne'er  pass  away, 
To  Christ  O  let  me  flee  ; 

If  pain  he  hard  for  one  short  day, 
What  must  forever  be  1 

5  CM. 

Thou,  God,  seest  me. 

ALMIGHTY  God,  thy  piercing  eye 
Strikes  through  the  shades  of  night, 
And  our  most  secret  actions  lie 

All  open  to  thy  sight. 
2  There 's  not  a  sin  that  we  commit, 

Nor  wicked  word  we  say, 
But  in  thy  dreadful  book  'tis  writ, 

Against  the  judgment-day. 
8  And  must  the  crimes  that  I  have  dona 

Be  read  and  publish 'd  there  I 
Be  all  erposed  before  the  sun, 

While  men  and  angels  hear! 
4  Lord,  at  thy  foot  ashamed  I  lie; 

Upward  I  dare  not  look ; 
Pardon  my  sins  before  I  die, 

And  blot  them  from  thy  book. 

6  L.M. 

Death  approaches. 

THERE  is  an  hour  when  I  must  die, 
Nor  do  I  know  how  soon  'twill  come, 
A  thousand  children,  young  as  I, 

Are  call'd  by  death  to  hear  their  doom, 
2  Let  me  improve  the  hours  I  have, 

Before  the  day  of  grace  is  fled ; 

There  's  no  repentance  in  the  grave, 

Nor  pardon  offer'd  to  the  dead. 


10      MOTIVES  TO  EARLY  PIETY. 

3  Just  as  a  tree  cut  down,  that  fell 
To  north  or  southward,  there  it  lies ; 

So  man  departs  to  heaven  or  hell, 
Fix'd  in  the  state  wherein  he  dies. 

7  c.  l 

Life  a  summer's  day. 

THIS  life  is  but  a  summer's  day 
Of  shadows  and  of  light, 
Its  brightest  sumbeams  pass  away, 

And  soon  give  place  to  night. 
Fair  childhood  is  the  early  dawn, 

And  youth  the  morning"gav ; 
Manhood's  the  noon  so  quickly  gone, 

And  age  the  evening  ray. 
2  This  life  was  given  us  to  prepare 

For  that  which  is  to  come  ; 
O  may  I  gain  admittance  there, 

And  find  a  heavenly  home  '. 
And  will  the  Lord  my  sins  forgive 

Through  his  redeeming  love, 
And  bid  me  to  his  glory  live, 

And  write  my  name  above  ! 

8  S.  U. 

Heaven  and  hell. 

THERE  is  beyond  the  sty 
A  heaven  of  joy  and  love  ; 
And  holy  children^  when  they  die, 

Go  to  that  world  above. 
2  There  is  a  dreadful  hell, 

And  everlasting  pains ; 
There  sinners  must  with  devils  dwell, 

In  darkness,  fire,  and  chains. 
S  Can  such  a  child  as  I 

Escape  this  awful  end ! 
And  may  I  hope,  whene'er  I  die, 

I  shall  to  heaven  ascend ! 


MOTIVES  TO  EARLY  PIETY.     1 1 

4  Then  will  I  read  and  pray, 

While  I  have  life  and  breath  ; 
Lest  I  should  be  cut  off  to-day, 

And  sent  to'  eternal  death. 

9  CM. 
Jesus  a  Shepherd. 

SEE  the  kind  Shepherd,  Jesus,  stands, 
And  calls  Ms  sheep  by  name ; 
Gathers  the  feeble  in  his  arms, 
And  feeds  each  tender  lamb. 

2  He  '11  lead  us  to  the  heavenly  streams 
Where  living  waters  flow ; 

And  guide  us  to  the  fruitful  fields 
Where  trees  of  knowledge  grow. 

3  When,  wand'ring  from  the  fold,  we  leave 
The  straight  and  narrow  way, 

Our  faithful  Shepherd  still  is  near 
To  guide  us  when  we  stray. 

4  The  feeblest  lamb  amidst  the  flock 
Shall  be  the  Shepherd's  care ; 

While  folded  in  our  Saviour's  arms, 
We  're  safe  from  every  snare. 

10  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  Ts, 
Jesus  a  refuge. 

LITTLE  children,  stop  and  think ; 
Turn  away  from  ruin's  brink ; 
Shun  the  wicked  liar's  path ; 
Fly  from  scenes  of  strife  and  wrath ; 
Read  with  prayer  the  holy  Word ; 
Follow  Jesus  Christ  the  Lord. 
2  Jesus  is  the  Christian's  rock ; 
He  will  safely  guide  his  flock  ; 
In  his  arms  the  lambs  will  bear ; 
Children,  seek  your  refuge  there ; 
Of  your  Saviour  stop  and  think  ; 
Fly  to  Him  from  ruin's  brink ! 


12  BLESSINGS  OF  EARLY  PIETY. 
1 1  5th  P.  M.  4  line*  7s. 

Shortness  cf  time. 

SWIFT  the  moments  fly  away- 
First  the  hour  and  th'en  the  dav, 
Next  the  -week,  the  month,  the  year, 
Steal  away,  and  disappear. 

2  Time  is  ever  on  the  wing, 
While  I  speak,  or  think,  or  singl 
Whether  working  or  at  play, 
Time  is  rolling  fast  away ! 

3  Think,  my  soul !  awake  and  see 
What  will  soon  become  of  thee  ! 
Whither  tending,  canst  thou  tell,— 
Up  to  heaven,  or  down  to  hell  * 

4  Jesus,  I  would  humblv  pray, 
Guide  and  keep  me  in  trie  way; 
Every  gift  and  grace  bestow ; 
Wean  my  heart  from  things  below. 


BLESSINGS  OP  EAELY  PIETY. 
12  c.  M. 

Toutk  devoted  to  God. 


H 


\PPY  the  child  whose  tender  years 
Receive  instruction  well ; 
Who  hates  the  sinner's  path,  and  fears 

The  road  that  leads  to  hell. 
2  'T  will  save  us  from  a  thousand  snares 

To  seek  religion  young; 
Grace  will  preserve  our  foll'wing  years, 

And  make  our  virtue  strong. 
8  To  thee,  Almighty  God,  to  thee 

Our  childhood  we  resign ; 
'T  will  please  us  to  look  back  and  86* 

That  our  whola  lives  were  thine. 


BLESSINGS  OF  EARLY  PIETY.   13 

4  Let  tie  sweet  work  of  prayer  and  praise 

Employ  our  youngest  breath  ; 
Thus  we"'re  prepared  for  longer  daya, 

Or  fit  for  early  death. 

13  5th  P.  M.  4  linet  Ts. 

Religion. 

TS  religion  that  can  give 
Sweetest  pleasures  while  we  live ; 
Tis  religion  must  supply 
Solid  comforts  when  we  die. 

2  After  death  its  joys  will  be 
Lasting  S3  eternity : 
Let  me  then  make  God  my  friend, 
And  on  all  his  ways  attend. 

14:  8th  P.  M.  8T,  8T,  47. 

Rewards  of  early  piety, 

GOD  has  said — "Forever  blessed 
Those  who  seek  me  in  their  youth— 
They  shall  find  the  path  of  wisdom, 
And  the  narrow  way  of  truth  :" 

Guide  us,  Saviour, 
In  the  narrow  way  of  truth. 


2  Be  our  strength,  for  we  are  weakness ; 

Be  our  wisdom  and  our  guide  ; 
May  we  walk  in  love  and  meekness, 

Nearer  to  our  Saviour's  side  : 
Naught  can  harm  us, 

While  we  thus  in  thee  abide. 

Thus,  when  evening  shades  shall  gather, 
We  may  turn  our  tearless  eye 
To  the  dwelling  of  our  Father, 
To  our  home  beyond  the  sky — 

Gently  passing 
To  the  nappy  land  on  high. 


H 


14   BLESSINGS  OF  EARLY  PIETY. 

15  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  7s. 

Holy  children. 

OLY  children  read  and  pray, 
Love  God's  holy  word  and"  day ; 
Fly  from  sin  and  seek  his  grace, 
Learn  his  will,  and  Christ  embrace ; 
They  are  humble,  meek,  and  mild ; 
Lord,  make  me  a  holy  child. 

2  Holy  children,  when  they  die, 
Soar  to  Christ  above  the  sky ; 
Take  their  seats  around  his  throne, 
Make  his  praise  forever  known  : 
Pleasing  thought !  may  I  be  styled, 
Now,  the  Saviour's  holy  child  1 


16  9th  P.  M.  87,  67. 

God  will  he  our  guide. 

BLEST,  beyond  nil  earthly  blessing, 
Is  the  child  whose  tender  youth, 
In  the  Lord  a  guide  possessing, 
Walks  in  paths  of  light  and  truth. 

2  He  will  govern  those  who  love  him  : 
Those  who  walk  in  faith  and  fear, 

In  all  danger  still  shall  prove  him 
Gracious,  kind,  and  ever  near. 


8  Heavenly  Father,  let  us  prove  thee 
An  all-wise,  protecting  Friend ! 

Make  us  fear  thee,  make  us  love  thee, 
Constant,  to  our  latest  end  1 


PRIVILEGES  AM)  DUTIES  OP 
THE  YOUm 

17  L.  M. 

Privileges  and  duties  of  the  young. 


The  praises  of  our  heavenly  King ; 
He  made  the  earth,  the  sea,  the  sky, 
And  all  the  starry  worlds  on  high. 

2  We  are  but  young — yet  ire  must  die 
Perhaps  our  latter  end  is  nigh ; 
Lord,  may  we  early  seek  thy  grace, 
And  find  in  Christ  a  hMing-place. 

3  We  are  hut  young — we  need  a  guide  ; 
Jesus,  in  thee  we  would  confide ; 

O  lead  us  in  the  path  of  truth, 
Protect  and  bless  our  helpless  youth. 

4  We  are  but  young — yet  God  has  shed 
Unnumber'd  blessings  on  our  head; 
Then  let  our  youth  and  riper  days 

Be  all  devoted  to  his  praise. 

18  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  7s. 

God's  blessings  on  children. 

HAPPY  child,  whom  God  doth  aid ! 
God  our  souls  and  bodies  made  ; 
God  on  us  in  gracious  showers 
Blessings  every  moment  pours  : 
Compasses  with  angel  bands, 
Bids  them  bear  us  in  their  hands  ; 
Parents,  friends,  'twas  God  bestow'd; 
Life  and  all  descend  from  God. 


16       PRIVILEGES  AND  DUTIES. 

2  He  this  flowery  carpet  spread, 
Made  the  earth  in  which  we  tread ; 
God  refreshes  in  the  air, 
Covers  with  the  clothes  we  wear : 
Feeds  us  with  the  food  we  eat, 
Cheers  us  by  his  light  and  heat, 
Makes  his  sun  on  us  to  shine ; 
All  our  blessings  are  divine. 

S  Man,  we  for  his  kindness  love ; 
H«w  much  more  our  God  above  1 
Give  him  then,  and  ever  give, 
Thanks  for  all  that  we  receive  : 
Worthy  thou,  our  heavenly  Lord, 
To  be  honour'd  and  adored  : 
God  of  all-creating  gTace, 
Take  the  everlasting  praise. 


19  10th  P.  M.  8  lines  8s. 

Self-consecration. 

0  JESUS,  delight  of  my  sonl, 
My  Saviour,  my  Shepherd  divine, 

1  yield  to  thy  blessed  control; 
My  body  and  spirit  are.thine  : 

Thy' love  I  can  never  deserve, 
That  bids  me  be  happy  in  thee  ; 

Mv  God  and  my  King  I  "will  serve, 
Whose  favour  is  heaven  to  me. 

2  How  can  I  thy  goodness  repay, 
By  nature  so  weak  and  defiled? 

Myself  I  have  given  away; 

O  call  me  thine  own  blessed  child  : 
And  art  thou  my  Father  above! 

Will  Jesus  abide  in  my  heart! 
O  bind  me  so  fast  with  thy  love. 

That  I  never  from  thee  shall  depart. 


YOUTH. 

20  s- M- 

Prayer  for  youth. 

GREAT  God !  with,  heart  and  tongue, 
For  all  our  youth  we  pray ; 
O  may  they  learn,  while  they  are  young, 
To  walk  in  wisdom's  way  1 

2  Now,  in  their  early  day3. 
Teach  them  thy  will  to  know ; 

O  God,  thy  sanctifying  grace 
On  every  heart  bestow ! 

3  Make  their  unguarded  youth 
The  object  of  thy  care  ; 

Cause  them  to  choose  the  way  of  truth, 
And  fly  from  every  snare. 

4  Their  hearts,  to  folly  prone, 
Renew  by  power  divine  ; 

Unite  them  to  thyself  alone, 
And  make  them  wholly  thine. 

5  Lord,  let  thy  sacred  word 
Their  warmest  thoughts  employ; 

There  let  them  daily  find  the  road 
Which  leads  to  endless  joy. 

21  L.  M. 

The  youth's  supplication. 

GUARDIAN  of  souls,  throughout  my  days 
Inspire  my  heast,  and  keep  my  ways  ; 
And  let  thy  kindest  love  prevail, 
Though  foes  unite,  and  friends  all  fail. 

2  By  night  and  day,  where'er  I  be, 
Be  thou,  my  Saviour,  near  to  me ; 
In  health  or  pain,  in  rest  or  toil, 
Give  me  thy  kind,  approving  smile. 


18  YOUTH. 

3  "When  flesh  and  sinking  natnre  fail, 
Then  let  sustaining  grace  prevail ; 
Its  holy  influence  impart, 

To  melt  and  overflow  my  heart. 

4  Or  slowly  wasting  to  the  dust, 
Be  thou  my  firm  support  and  trust ; 
Nor  let  death's  gloomy  shadows  bo 
The  slightest  tenor,  Lord,  to  me. 

5  In  cheerful  hope  my  eyelids  close, 
And  give  me  calm  and  sweet  repose ; 
My  spirit  from  its  prison  free, 

To  reign  in  heaven,  O  Lord,  with  thee. 

22  L.  M. 

Prayer  offered  by  youth. 

IORD,  we  are  young— thy  help  we  need, 
i  For  various  foes  infest  our  way; 
Be  thou  to  us  a  friend  indeed, 
Nor  let  us  from  thy  precepts  stray. 

2  From  wayward  paths  onr  feet  restore, 
And  keep  our  tongues  from  speaking  guile ; 

And  O,  preserve  us  evermore 
From  sin's  seducing,  luring  smile. 

8  Our  youthful  hearts  with  grace  inspire ; 

To  thee  onr  every  power  incline ; 
And  may  the  pure  celestial  fire, 

"VYitkii  our  bosoms  ever  shine. 

4  O  let  the  morning  of  our  days 
To  thee,  and  thee  alone,  be  given ; 

Increase  our  love,  approve  our  ways, 
And  guide  us  safely  into  heavon. 


PEAYEE  AND   PEAISE. 

23  c.  m. 

The  tribute  and  prayer  of  children. 

ALMIGHTY  Father,  heavenly  King! 
Who  rul'st  the  world  above ; 
Accept  the  tribute  children  bring 
Of  gratitude  and  love. 

2  To  thee,  each  morning,  when  we  rise, 
Our  early  vows  we  pay; 

And  ere  the  night  hath  closed  our  eyes, 
We  thank  thee  for  the  day. 

3  Our  Saviour,  ever  good  and  kind, 
To  us  his  word  hath  given ; 

That  children,  such  as  we,  may  find 
The  path  that  leads  to  heaven. 

4  0  Lord,  extend  thy  gracious  hand, 
To  guide  our  erring  youth ; 

And  lead  us  to  that  blissful  land 
Where  dwells  eternal  truth. 

24  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

Prayer  for  grace. 
TESUS,  let  a  little  child 
O   Humbly  supplicate  thy  throne  ; 
Speak  to  me  in  accents  mild, 
O  thou  great  and  holy  One ! 

2  Fill  my  youthful  heart  with  grace, 
Make  it  thy  beloved  abode ; 

Show  thy  reconciling  face, 
O  my  Father  and  my  God ! 

3  May  I  early  learn  thy  ways, 
Early  know  thy  power  and  love 

Then  devote  to  thee  my  days, 
Till  I  am  removed  above, 


s 


20         PRAYER  AND  PRAISE. 

25  5th  P.  M.  4  line*  7s. 

Prayer  for  grace. 
TESTIS  CHRIST,  the  Truth,  the  Way, 
*J   In  thy  name  we  meet  to-day — 
Meet  to  read  thy  gracious  word— • 
Meet  to  hear  of  Christ  the  Lord. 

2  From  this  hour  may  we,  anew, 
Seek  thy  holy  will  to  do — 
Give  to  thee  each  youthful  heart, 
And  from  thee  no  more  depart ! 

26  5th  p-  M.  4  lines  7s. 
Jesus  a  Guide. 

HEPHERD  of  thy  little  flock, 
Lead  us  to  the  shadowing  rock : 
AVhere  the  richest  pastures  grow, 
Where  the  living  waters  flow. 

2  Bv  that  pure  and  silent  stream, 
She'lter'd  from  the  scorching  beam, 
Shepherd,  Saviour,  Guardian,  Guide, 
Keep  us  ever  near  thy  side  I 

27  13th  P.  M.  10,  10,  11,  11. 
Praise  to  Jesus. 

LET  children  proclaim  their  Saviour  and  King ; 
To  Jesus's  name  hosaunas  we  sing : 
Our  best  adoration  to  Jesus  we  give, 
W  ho  purchased  salvation  that  we  may  receive. 

2  The  meek  Lamb  of  God  from  heaven  came  down, 
To  ransom  with  blood  and  make  us  his  own ; 
He  patiently  suffer'd,  our  souls  to  redeem; 

Let  songs  then  be  offer'd  to  Jesus's  Name. 

3  To  Him  let  us  give  our  earliest  days, 
And  thankfully  live  to  publish  his  praise  : 
Our  lives  shall  confess  him  who  came  from  above, 
Our  tongues  ever  bless  hini,  and  tell  of  bis  love. 


PRAYER  AND  PRAISE.         21 
gg  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s, 

Children  may  pray  to  God. 

POOR  and  needy  though  I  be, 
God  my  Maker  cares  for  me; 
Gives  me  clothing,  shelter,  food, 
Gives  me  all  I  have  of  good. 

2  He  will  listen  when  I  pray, 
He  is  with  me  night  and  day ; 
"When  I  sleep  and  when  I  wake, 
Keeps  me  safe  for  Jesus'  sake. 

3  He  who  reigns  above  the  sky 
Once  became  as  poor  as  I ; 

He  whose  blood  for  me  was  shed, 
Had  not  where  to  lay  his  head ! 

4  Though  I  labour  here  awhile, 
He  will  bless  me  with  his  sniile; 
And  when  this  short  life  is  past, 

1  shall  rest  with  Him  at  last. 

29  i.m. 

Against  evil  words. 

ALMIGHTY  God,  to  thee  I  cry, 
Assist  a  child's  infirmity ; 
Nor  let  me  with  my  lips  draw  nigh, 
While  my  heart  wanders  far  from  thee, 

2  Ah !  never  let  me  speak  a  word 
But  what  with  all  my  soul  I  mean; 

Or  lie  to  thee,  thou  glorious  Lord, 
By  whom  my  every  thought  is  seen. 

3  But  with  submissive  lowliness 
Should  I  approach  thy  glorious  throne; 

How  can  I  hope  by  words  to  please, 
To  please  a  God  I  have  not  known! 

4  I  know  not  what  to  do  or  say, 
Till  thy  bless'd  Spirit  I  receive, 

And  Jesus  teaches  me  to  pray, 
And  Jesus  teaches  me  to  liva. 


22         PRAYER  AND  PRAISE. 

30  9th  P.  M.  87,  8T. 

Adoration. 

MAY  I  love  thee  and  adore  thee, 
O  thou  bleeding,  dying  Lamb ; 
Teach  my  heart  to  bow  before  thee, 
Kindle  there  a  sacred  flame. 

2  Teach  me  what  I  am  by  nature. 
How  to  lift  my  thoughts  on  high ; 

Teach  me,  O  thou  great  Creator  1 
How  to  live,  and  how  to  die ! 

31  P-  M.  86,  868. 
Glory  to  God  in  the  highest. 

AROL"\~D  the  throne  of  God  in  heaven, 
Thousands  of  children  stand  ; 
Children  whose  sins  are  all  forgiven, 

A  holy,  happy  band — 
Singing"glory,  glory,  glory. 

2  What  brought  them  to  that  world  above. 
That  heaven  so  bright  and  fair — 

Where  nil  is  peace,  and  joy,  and  love! — 

How  came  those  children  there, 
Singing  glory,  glory,  glory? 

3  Because  the  Saviour  shed  his  blood 
To  wash  away  their  sin : 

Bathed  in  that  pure  and  precious  flood, 

Behold  them  white  and  clean — 
Singing  glory,  glory,  glory. 

4  On  earth  they  sought  their  Saviour's  grace, 
On  earth  they  loved  his  name  ; 

So  now  they  see  his  blessed  face, 

And  stand  before  the  Lamb — 
Singing  glory,  glory,  glory. 


THE  BIBLE.  33 

32  9th  P.  M.  87,  37. 

Jeeus  our  strength. 

JESUS,  Lord  of  life  and  glory, 
Friend  of  children,  hear  our  lay3 
Humbly  would  our  souls  adore  thee, 
Sing  thy  name  in  hymns  of  praise. 

2  O  what  debtors  to  thy  kindness 
Are  we,  God  of  boundless  love ! 

Thousands  wander  on  in  blindness, 
Strangers  to  the  light  above. 

3  Jesus,  on  thine  arm  relying, 

"We  would  tread  this  earthly  vale ; 
Be  our  life  when  we  are  dying ; 
Be  our  strength,  when  strength  shall  fail. 

4  Let  us  mount  the  hills  of  glory, 
Far  from  sins,  and  woes,  and  pains.; 

There,  in  perfect  songs,  adore  thee, 
And  in  everlasting  strains. 


THE  BIBLE. 

33  27th  P.  M.  4  lines  lis. 

Tlie  Bible,  the  word  of  truth. 
rpHE  Bible — the  Bible  '.  more  precious  than  gold, 
x  The  hopes  and  the  glories  its  pages  unfold ; 
It  speaks  of  salvation — wide  opens  the  door — 
Its  offers  are  free  to  the  rich  and  the  poor. 

2  The  Bible— the  Bible !  blest  volume  of  truth, 
How  sweetly  it  smiles  on  the  season  of  youth ; 
It  bids  us  seek  early  the  "  Pearl  of  great  price," 
Ere  the  heart  is  enslaved  in  the  bondage  of  vice. 

3  The  Bible— the  Bible !  the  valleys  shall  ring, 
And  hill-tops  re-echo  the  notes  that  we  sing ; 
Our  banners,  inscribed  with  its  precepts  and  rules, 
Shall  long  wave  in  triumph,  the  joy  of  our  schools. 

24 


24 


34  P-  M.  76,  86,  86,  86. 

JVe-U  not  rive  up  the  Bible, 


w 


E  'LL  not  give  np  the  Bib!? 
God's  holy  book  of  truth: 


The  ble?sed  staff  of  hoary  age, 

The  guide  of  early  youth: 
The  snn  that  sheds  a  glorious  light 

O'er  every  dreary  road; 
The  voice  that  speaks 'a  Saviour's  lovo, 

And  calls  us  home  to  God. 

2  We  '11  not  give  up  the  Bible, 
For  pleasure  or  f.<r  pain; 

We  '11  buy  the  truth,  and  sell  it  not, 

For  all  that  we  might  gain  : 
Though  man  should  try  to  take  our  priie 

Bv  guile  or  cruel  might; 
We  'U  suffer  all  that  man  could  do, 

And  God  defend  the  right  1 

3  We  '11  not  give  np  the  Bible, 
But  spread  it  far  and  wide, 

Until  its  saving  voice  be  heard 

Beyond  the  rolling  tide  : 
Till  all  shall  know  its  gracious  power, 

And,  with  one  voice  and  heart, 
Resolve,  that  from  God's  sacred  word, 

Vt'e  'll  never,  never  part  I 

35  5th  P.  M.  4  Una  ?•. 

The  precious  Bible. 

JOLY  Bible!  book  divine! 
Precious  treasure!  thou  art  mine  1 
Mine  to  tell  me  whence  I  came ; 
Mixi,  to  teach  me  what  I  am. 

2  Mine,  to  chide  me  when  I  rove; 
Mine,  to  show  a  Saviour's  love ; 
Mine  art  thou  to  guide  my  feet, 
Mine,  to  judge,  condemn,  acquit. 


II 


THE  SABBATH.  25 

S  Mine,  to  comfort  in  distress, 
If  the  Holy  Spirit  bless  ; 
Mine,  to  show  by  living  faith 
Man  can  triumph  over  death. 
4  Mine,  to  tell  of  joys  to  coma, 
And  the  rebel  sinner's  doom ; 
O  thou  precious  book  divine  ! 
Precious  treasure1,  thou  art  mine! 
3Q  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  7s. 

Knowledge  of  the  Scriptures. 

OTHAT  I,  like  Timothy, 
alight  the  Holy  Scriptures  know. 
From  mine  early  infancy, 

Till  for  God  mature  I  "grow ! 
Made  unto  salvation  wise, 
Ready  for  the  glorious  prize ! 

2  Jesns,  all-redeeming:  Lord, 
Full  of  truth,  and  full  of  grace, 

Make  me  understand  thy  word; 
Teach  me  in  my  youthful  days 
Wonders  in  thy  word  to  see, 
Wise  through  faith  which  is  in  thee. 

3  Open  thou  mine  eyes  of  faith ; 
Open  now  the  book  of  God ; 

Show  me  here  the  sacred  path, 

Leading  to  thy  blest  abode ; 
Wisdom  from  above  impart, 
Speak  the  meaning  to  my  heart. 


THE  SABBATH. 
37  *>.  M. 

The  holy  Babbath. 
rpHIS  day  belongs  to  God  alone ; 
1   He  chose  the_ Sabbath  for  his  own; 
And  we  must  neither  work  nor  play, 
Because  it  is  God's  holy  day. 


K>  THE  SABBATH. 

2  'Tis  well  to  have  one  day  in  seven, 
That  we  may  learn  the  way  to  heaven  j 
Then  let  us  spend  it  as  we  should, 

In  serving  God  and  growing  good. 

3  We  ought,  to-day,  to  learn  and  seek 
"What  we  may  think  of  all  the  week; 
And  be  the  better  every  day, 

For  what  we  hear  our  teachers  say. 

4  And  every  Sabbath  should  be  past, 
As  if  we  knew  it  were  our  last : 
What  would  the  dying  sinner  give 
To  have  one  Sabbath  more  to  live  1 


38  27th  P.  M.  4  lines  lis. 

How  sweet  is  the  Sabbath  I 


H 


OW  sweet  is  the  Sabbath,  the  morning  of  rest, 
The  day  of  the  week  which  I  ought  to  lov« 
best, 

The  morning  the  Saviour  arose  from  the  tomb, 
And  took  from  the  grave  all  its  terror  and  gloom. 

2  0  let  me  be  thoughtful  and  prayerful  to-day, 
And  not.  spend  a  moment  in  trifling  or  piny; 
Rememb'ring  these  seasons  were  graciously  given 
To  teach  me  to  seek,  and  prepare  me  for,  tieaven. 

3  In  the  house  of  my  God,  in  his  presence  and  fear, 
While  I  worship  to-day  may  my  heart  be  sincere; 
In  the  school  while  I  learn,  muy  I  listen  with  care, 
And  be  grateful  to  those  who  watch  over  me  there, 

4  Instruct  me,  my  Saviour,  for  thine  would  I  be, 
Nor  am  I  too  young  to  be  noticed  by  thee ; 
Renew  all  my  heart,  keep  me  firm  in  thy  ways, 
I  would  love  thee,  and  serve  thee,  aud  give  the* 

the  praise. 


THE   SABBATH.  27 

30  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

Welcome,  day  of  rest. 

WELCOME,  welcome,  a.iy  of  rest, 

V  i     To  the  world  in  kindness  given  ; 

Welcome  to  this  humble  breast, 

As  the  beaming  light  from  Leaven. 

2  Day  of  soft  and  sweet  repose, 
Gently  now  thy  moments  rim, 

As' the  peaceful  streamlet  flows, - 
Radiant  with  a  summer's  si;n. 

3  Day  of  tidings  from  the  skies, 
Day  of  solemn  praise  and  prayer, 

Day  to  make  the  simple  wise, 
6  how  great  thy  blessings  are ! 

4  Welcome,  welcome,  day  of  rest, 
With  thy  influence  all  divine; 

May  thy  hallow'd  hours  be  blest 
To  this  feeble  heart  of  mine. 

40  33d  T.  JL  6S,  66. 

Close  of  tie  Salbaih. 

THE  light  of  Sabbath  eve 
Is  fading  fast  away ; 
What  record  will  it  leave, 

To  crown  the  closing  day ! 
Is  it  a  SaUath  spent. 

Of  fruitless  time  destrny'd  ? 
Or  have  these  moments  lent, 

Been  sacredly  employ'd? 
2  To  waste  these  Sabbath  hours, 

O  may  we  never  dare  ; 
Nor  taint  with  thoughts  of  ours 

These  sacred  days  of  prayer  : 
But  may  our  Sabbaths  here 

Inspire  our  hearts  with  love ; 
And  prove  a  foretaste  clear 

Of  that  sweet  rest  above. 


IXFAXT  CLASSES  aXB   LITTLE 
CHILDREN. 

41  s.  M. 

Hymn  for  an  in/ant  class. 

SAVIOUR,  do  thou  appear, 
Our  Sabbath-school  to  bless  ; 
Give  to  our  youthful  hearts  thy  fear, 
And  psrfeet  righteous 

2  Thy  boundless  grace  reveal, 
And  all  our  fears  remove ; 

And  let  our  youthful  spirits  feel 
The  kindlings  of  thy  love. 

3  Subdue  our  hearts  to  thee, 
And  may  our  infant  tongues 

From  all  offence  and  guile  be  free, 
And  full  of  cheerful  songs. 

4  Call  us  each  one  by  name, 
Receive  each  child  as  thine; 

And  O,  regard  our  youthful  claim, 
With  benefits  divine. 

42  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 
An  infant's  j 

TESUS,  Saviour,  Son  of  God, 
»l    Who  for  n;e  life's  pathway  trod, 
Who  for  me  became  a  child  ; 
Make  me  humble,  meek,  and  mild. 

2  I  thy  little  lamb  would  be, 
Jesus,  I  would  follow  thee  ; 
Samuel  was  thy  child  of  old. 
Take  me,  too,  within  thy  fold. 

3  Teach  me  how  to  pray  to  thee ; 
Make  me  holy,  heavenly  : 

Let  me  love  what  thou  dosi  love; 
Let  me  live  with  thee  above. 


INFANT  CLASSES.  29 

43  S-  «■ 

TJte  infant  school. 

WITHIN  these  walls  be  peace, 
Love  through,  our  borders  found, 
In  all  our  youthful  palaces 

Prosperity  abound. 
2  God  scorns  not  humble  things  ; 

Here,  though  the  proud  despise, 
The  children  of  the  King  of  kings 
Are  training  for  the  skies. 

44  P.  ]M.  64,  64,  6T,  64. 

Tlie  happy  land. 

THERE  is  a  happy  land, 
Far,  far  away, — 
Where  saints  in  glory  stand, 

Bright,  bright  as  day  : 
O  how  they  sweetly  smg, — 
V.'orthy  is  our  Saviour  King ; 
Loud  let  his  praises  ring 
Forever  more. 

2  Come  to  this  happy  land, 
Come,  come  away  ; 

Why  will  ye  doubting  standi 

Why  still  delay? 
O  we  shall  happy  be, 
When,  from  sin  and  sorrow  free, 
Lord,  we  shall  live  with  thee, 

Blest  evermore. 

3  Bright,  in  that  happy  land, 
Beams  every  eye  ; 

Kept  by  a  Father's  hand, 

Love  cannot  die. 
O,  then,  to  glory  ran ; 
Be  a  crown  and  kingdom  won 
And,  bright  above  the  Bun, 

Reign  evermore. 


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39  INFANT  CLASSES  AND 

45  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  Ta. 
A  Utile  child's  prayer. 

IENTLE  Jesas,  meek  and  mild, 
DJ  Lo  ':  up  d  ;t  little  child; 
Pity  my  simplicity, 
Suffer  me  to  come  to  thee. 

2  Fain  I  would  to  thee  be  brought; 
Gracious  Lord,  forbid  it  not  : 

Give  a  little  child  a  place 
In  the  kingdom  of  thy  grace, 

3  I  shr.ll  then  show  forth  thy  praise, 
Serve  thee  all  my  happy  days  : 
Then  the  world  shall  always  see 
Christ,  the  holy  Child,  in  me. 

46  p.  m. 

"  Suffer  the  little  ones  to  come  unto  Me." 

I  THINK,  when  I  read  that  sweet  story  of  old, 
When  Jesus  was  here  among  men, 
How  he  call'd  little  children,  as  lambs  to  his  fold, 

I  should  like  to  have  been  with  him  then. 
1  I  wish  that  his  hands  had  been  placed  on  my  i 
head, 
That  his  arms  had  been  thrown  around  me,       j 
That  I  might  have  seen  hi  .:  he  said, 

"  Let  the  little  ones  come  unto  me." 

S  Yet  still  to  his  footstool  in  prayer  I  may  go, 

And  ask  for  a  share  in  his  love  ; 
And  if  I  thus  earnestly  seek  him  below, 

I  shall  see  him  and  hear  him  above  : 

4  Tn  that  beautiful  place  he  has  gone  to  prepare, 
F^r  all  who  are  wash'd  and  forgiven; 

And  many  dear  children  are  gathering  there,  j 
"  For  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven." 


LITTLE  CHILDREN.  31 

47  9th  P.  M.  81,  87. 
The  lambs  of  Christ. 

HUMBLE  praises,  holy  Jesus, 
Infant  voices  raise  to  thee ; 
In  thy  mercy,  O  receive  us  ! 
Suiter  us  thy  lambs  to  be. 

2  Blessed  Jesus,  thou  hast  bidden 
Babes,  like  us,  to  come  to  ihee; 

Though  by  thy  disciples  chidden, 
Thou  didst  tell  them  net  to  flee. 

3  Saviour,  condescend  to  feed  us, 
Richly  let  thy  mercy  flow ; 

Send  thy  Spirit,  bie;sed  J._-.sus; 
Light  and  life  on  us  bestow. 

48  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  7s. 
Hosanna  to  Jesus. 

CHILDREX  of  Jerusalem 
Sang  the  praise  of  Jesus'  name  ; 
Children,  too,  of  modern  days 
Join  to  sing  the  Saviour's  praise  : 
Hark  !  while  infant  voices  sing 
Loud  hosannas  to  our  King ! 

2  We  are  taught  to  love  the  Lord, 
We  are  taught  to  read  his  word ; 
"We  are  taught  the  way  to  heaven : 
Praise  for  all  to  God  b'e  given  : 

Hark !  while  infant  voices  siug 
Loud  hosannas  to  our  King ! 

3  Parents,  teachers,  old  and  young, 
All  unite  to  swell  the  song : 
Higher  and  yet  higher  rise, 

Till  hosannas  reach  the  skies  : 
Hark  !  while  infant  voices  sing 
Loud  hosannas  to  our  King ! 


32  INFANT   CLASSES   AND 

49  f.  M. 

Infant  praise  and  prayer. 

HELP  me  to  praise  thy  name 
While  I  am  young  ; 
Let  me  thy  truth  proclaim 
With  my  infant  tongue  : 
Ancrels  from  the  skies 
Will  look  down  with  glaclssmc  eyes, 
When  thy  praises  rise, 
By  infants  sung. 

0  Keep  «s  in  peace  and  joy 
Through  childhood's  days; 

Help  each  little  girl  and  b.jy 
To  walk  in  thy  ways  : 

50  shall  we  be  free 

From  the  thorns  of  misery; 
Heaven  our  home  shall  be, 
Thine  all  the  praise. 

50  p-  M- 

The  Lord's  prayer. 

OUR  Father  in  heaven, 
We  halhnv  thy  name  I 
May  thy  kingdom  holy 

On  earth  be  bejjun ! 
U  give  to  us  daily 

Our  portion  of  "bread ; 
It  is  from  thy  bounty 
That  all  must  be  ted. 

2  Forgive  our  transgressions, 

And  teach  us  to  know 
That  humble  c,  m 

Which  pardons  each  foe  ; 
Keep  us  from  temptation, 

From  weakness  and  sin, 
And  thine  be  the  glory 

Forever— Amen. 


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LITTLE   CHILDREN-  33 

51  8th  P.  M.  87,  87,47. 
Hallelujah. 

riGHTY  God,  while  angels  bless  thee, 
May  not  infants  lisp  thy  name  ? 
Lord  of  men  as  well  as  angeb, 
Thou  art  every  creature's  theme  '. 

Hallelujah, 
Hallelujah,  hallelujah,  Amc-n  1 
2  Lord  of  every  land  and  nation, 

Ancient  of  eternal  days, 
Sounded  through  the  wide  creation, 
Be  thy  just  and  lawful  praise  : 

Hallelujah, 
Hallelujah,  hallelujah,  Amen! 

52  9th-  p-  M-  87.  S7' 
Evening  hymn. 

JESUS,  tender  Shepherd,  hear  me, 
J   Bless  thy  little  lamb  to-night ; 
Through  the  darkness  be  thou  near  me, 
Keep  me  sale  till  morning  light. 

2  Through  this  day  thy  hand  has  led  me, 
And  I  thank  thee  for  thy  care ; 

Thou  hast  warm'd  me,  clothed,  and  fed  me, 
Listen  to  my  evening  prayer. 

3  Let  my  sins  be  all  forgiven, 
Bless  the  friends  I  love  so  well  ; 

Take  me,  when  I  die,  to  heaven, 
Happy  there,  with  thee  to  dwell. 

THE  SUKDAY-SCHOOL 
53  e.  m. 

The  morning  of  life. 

IN  life's  gay  morn  let  children  learn 
To  love  the  sacred  place  of  prayer; 
From  sinful  ways  delight  to  turn, 
And  early  pay  their  tribute  there. 


34  THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 

2  Let  buoyant  hearts  harmonious  blend 
As  youthful  lips  are  tuned  to  sing, 

A:.' i  1  fty  strains  of  praise  ascend 
To  heaven's  exalted,  glorious  King. 

54  s.  si. 

Invitation. 

COME,  join  our  Sabbath  song, 
On  this  the  holy  day  ; 
We  kn-w  that  angel  harps  abbve 
Unite  to  swell  the  lay. 

2  Cine  to  our  Sabbath-school — 
Come  to  the  place  of  prayer; 

Come,  little  boy  and  little  girl, 
Our  sacred  pleasure  share  ; 

3  And  in  the  house  above, 
Not  made  with  human  hand, 

We  '1:  sing  at  last  the  Sabbath  song, 
In  one  unbroken  band  1 

55  C.  M. 
Lowe  for  tie  8unday-*ehool, 

J  LOVE  the  Sabbath-school— the  place 
jt  My  youthful  feet  have  trod, 
Where  I  have  heard  of  wisdom's  ways, 
That  lead  to  peace  and  God. 

2  I  love  the  Sabbath-school — 'tis  there 
The  praise  of  Gid  we  sing, — 

Tis  there  we  bow  the  knee  in  prayer 
To  God,  our  heavenly  King. 

3  I  love  the  Sabbath-school— where  we 
The  Holy  Bible  read,— 

Which  tells  of  Christ,  who  came  to  be 
A  Saviour  in  our  need. 

4  O,  that  when  life's  few  cares  are  past, 
Our  teachers  we  may  meet 

Upon  the  blissful  plains,  and  cast 
Our  crowns  at  Jesus'  feet. 


THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL.         35 

53  5th.  P.  M.  4  lines  7s. 

Thanhs  to  God. 

FATHER, !  from  thy  throes  above, 
Smile  upon  us  in  thy  love  : 
Happy  children  of  the  free, 
Grateful  songs  would  raise  to  thee. 

2  Thanks  for  Sunday-schorls  so  dear, 
Where  we  're  taught  thy  word  and  fear, 
From  that  holy  book  of  thine, 
Fill'd  with  preeious  truths  divine. 

S  Saviour!  'mid  all  earthly  strife, 
Through  the  cares  and  ilis  of  life, 
May  the  precepts  thou  hast  given 
Guide  us  in  the  path  to  heaven. 


57  c.  m. 

The  Sahlaih-schcol. 

SWEET  Sabbath-school,  place  dear  to  me, 
Where'er  through  life  1  roam, 
My  heart  will  often  turn  to  thee, 
My  childhood's  Sabbath  home. 

0  Within  thy  courts  of  Kim  I  've  heard 

Whose  birth  the  angels  sung, 
When  o'er  the  shepherds  fill'd  with  fear, 

The  star  of  glory  hong. 

3  0  holy  place  !  where  first  wo  shed 
The  penitential  tear ; 

Where  youthful  steps  are  taught  to  tread 
In  paths  of  peace  and  prayer. 

4  When  all  our  wand'rings  here  shall  cease, 
And  cares  of  life  shall  end, 

In  God's  eternal  Sabbath  place 
May  we  our  anthems  blind. 


30         THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 

58  L  M. 

Opening  of  school. 

ASSEMBLED  in  our  school  once  more, 
O  Lord,  thy  blessing  we  implore ; 
We  meet  to  read,  and  sing-,  and  pray; 
Be  with  us  then  through  this  thy  day. 

1  Our  fervent  prayer  to  thee  ascends, 
For  parents,  teachers,  foes,  and  friends ; 
And  when  we  in  thy  house  appear, 
Help  us  to  worship  in  thy  fear. 

3  When  we  on  earth  shall  meet  no  more, 
May  we  above  to  glory  so.-ir; 
And  praise  thee  in  more  lofty  strains, 
Where  one  eternal  Sabbath  reigns. 


59  »■  8* 

Miming  hymn. 

THTS  morning,  Lord,  attend, 
While  we  are  bow'd  in  prayer ; 
And  from  thy  glorious  throne  descend. 
And  in  our  midst  appear. 

2  Make  this  thy  dwelling-place, 

While  we  assembled  stay  ; 
Inspire  each  youthful  soul  with  gracs, 

And  wash  "our  sins  away. 

8  0  let  this  morning  be 

Devoted  to  thy  ways  ; 
And  consecrate  our  school  to  thee. 

And  fill  each  heart  with  praise. 

4  To  child  and  teacher,  Lord, 

Be  thy  best  favours  given ; 
And  may  we  all,  with  one  accord, 

Make  sura  our  way  to  heaven. 


THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL.  37 

60  L.  M. 

Opening  hymn. 
pREAT  God!  behold,  before  thy  throne 
VT  A  band  of  children  lowly  bend ; 
Thy  face  we  seek,  thy  name  we  own, 

And  pray  that  thou  wilt  be  our  Friend. 
2  Thy  Holy  Spirit's  aid  impart, 

That  he  may  teach  us  how  to  pray ; 
Make  us  sincere,  and  let  each  heart 

Delight  to  tread  in  wisdom's  way. 
S  O  let  thy  grace  our  souls  renew, 

And  seal  a  sense  of  pardon  there  ; 
Teach  us  thy  will  to  Snow  and  do, 

And  let  U3~  all  thy  image  bear. 

61  L.  11. 

A  blessing  sovgJtt  v.pon  the  lesson. 

0  WRITE   upon  my  mem'ry,  Lord, 
The  texts  and  doctrines  of  thy  word; 
That  I  may  break  thy  laws  no  more, 
But  love  thee  better  than  before  ! 
2  With  thoughts  of  Christ,  and  things  divine, 
Fill  up  this  foolish  heart  of  mine  ; 
That,  hoping  pardon  through  his  blood, 

1  may  lie  down  and  wake  with  God. 

62  s.  m. 

Parting. 

OXCE  more,  before  we  part, 
We  '11  bless  the  Saviour's  name  ; 
Record  his  mercies,  every  heart ; 
Sing,  every  tongue,  the  same. 

2  May  we  receive  his  word, 
And  feed  thereon  and  grow ; 

Go  on  to  seek,  and  know  the  Lord , 
And  practise  what  we  know. 


ANNIVERSARIES. 

C3  C.  ML 

Anniversary  hymn. 

WE  now  to  Christ,  the  Saviour  King, 
Our  annual  tribute  pay  ; 
In  sweet  hosannas  here  we  siujr, 

For  hi9  life-cheering  ray  : 
0,  let  the  heavenly  chorus  rise, 

On  this  our  festal  day; 
And  wake  the  concord  of  the  skies 
With  this  our  joyous  lay. 

2  Another  year  ha3  run  its  round, 
Since  last  we  gather'd  here ; 

And  still  the  precious  gospel  sound 

Invites  our  list'ning  ear  : 
But  many  Sabbath  hours  are  gone, 

Of  kind  instruction  given ; 
O,  may  the  lessons  we  have  leam'd 

Guide  us  to  Christ  and  heaven. 

64  5th  P.  M.  4  lines  la. 

Sabbat7i-school  anniversary. 
TlfELCOME  to  our  festival, 
t  i     Parents,  teachers,  children,  all ; 
God  has  spared  us-through  the  year, 
And  in  mercy  brings  us  here. 
2.  All  unite  to  pra«e  our  God, 
For  his  grace  on  us  bestow'd  ; 
Hallow'd  be  the  songs  we  raise- 
Happy  songs  of  grateful  praise. 

3  God,  who  dwells  beyond  the  sky, 
Turns  on  us  a  gracious  eye ; 

Still  prolongs  our  day  of  grace; 
Gives  us  time  to  seek  his  face. 


ANNIVERSARIES.  39 

4  But  while  thus  our  heart3  rejoice, 
We  must  hear  his  warning  voice,— 
Seek  the  way*of  peace  and  truth, 
In  the  early  days  of  youth. 

65  Sth  P.  M.  87,  87,  41. 

A  blessing  taught  for  the  Sunday-school. 

THOV,  who  didst  with  love  and  blessing, 
Gather  Zion's  babes  to  thee  ; 
Still  a  Saviour's  love  expressing, 
Now  the  babes  of  Zion  see ; 

Bless  the  labours 
That  would  bring  them  up  for  thee. 
2  Smile  upon  our  weak  endeavour, 

Vain,  if  thou  thy  smile  deny ; 
Let  them  rise,  to  live  forever*! 
Train,  O  !  train  them  for  the  sky  : 

Ne'er  may  Satan 
Plunder  Zion's  : 


3  Lord,  with  humble  fervour  bending, 
We  thy  blessing  would  entreat ; 

Let  thy  Spirit,  now  descending, 
Make  the  toils  of  learning  sweet ; 

Straight  to  Zion 
Guide  the  young  inquirer's  feet. 


MISSIOJTAEY. 

6G  5th  P.  M.  4  ilnet  7i. 

Meeting  for  charity. 

LITTLE  rain-drops  feed  the  rill ; 
Rills  to  meet  the  brooklet  glide; 
Brooks  the  broader  rivers  fill ; 
Rivers  swell  the  ocean's  tide. 


40  Misii'o:;ARY. 

2  So  Hie  dew-drops  gather' J  here, 
M:;-*s  from  willing  childhood's  hand, 

Shall  those  streams  of  bounty  cheer 
Thai  with  greenness  clothe  the  land. 

3  With  that  sea  of  love  shall  blend 
Which  the  gospel's  grace  doth  pour, 

And  the  name  of  Jesus  send 
E'en  to  earth's  remotest  shore. 


07  7th  P.  M.  8  lines  7s. 

Children  at  the  gate  of  heaven. 

LITTLE  travellers,  Zionward, 
Each  one  entering  into  rest, 
In  the  kingdom  of  your  Lord, 

In  the  mansions  of  the  blest ; 
There,  to  welcome,  Jesus  waits, 

Gives  the  crowns  his  followers  win — 
Lift  y  ur  heads,  ye  golden  gates  1 
Let  the  little  travellers  in  I 

2  Who  are  they  whose  little  feet, 
Pacing  life's  dark  journey  through, 

Ni  w  have  reach 'd  that  heavenly  seat, 
They  had  ever  kept  in  view  ? 

"  I  from  Greenland's  frozen  land  ;" 
"  I  from  India's  sultry  plain  ;" 

"  I  from  Afrie's  barren  sand  ;" 
"  I  from  islands  of  the  main." 

3  "  All  our  earthly  journey  past, 
Every  tear  and  pain  gone  by, 

Here  together  met  at  last, 

At  the  p.Ttal  of  the  sky! 
Each  the  welcome  'Come'  awaits, 

Conquerors  over  death  and  sin!" — 
Lift  your  heads,  ve  golden  gates  1 

Let  the  little  travellers  in  I 


41 


77l«  heathen  mother. 

SEE  that  heathen  mother  stand 
„_    Where  the  sacred  currents  flow, 
With  her  own  maternal  hand 
'Mid  the  waves  her  infant  throw. 

2  Hark !  I  hear  the  piteous  scream ! 
Frightful  monsters  seize  their  prey ; 

Or  the  dark  and  bloody  stream 
Bears  the  struggling  child  away. 

3  Fainter  now,  and  fainter  still, 
Breaks  the  cry  upon  the  ear; 

But  the  mother's  heart  is  steel ; 
She,  unmoved,  that  cry  can  hear! 

4  Send,  O  send  the  Bible  there, 

Let  ii3  precepts  reach  her  heart; 
She  may  then  her  children  spare — 
Act  the  mother's  tender  part. 

69  L  ^ 

Missionary  meeting. 

JESL'S !  in  Christian  lova  we  meet, 
To  bring  an  off 'ring  to  thy  feet ; 
All  in  their  hand  some  talent  bear, 
And  lay  it  humbly,  freely  there. 

2  Yes,  for  thy  gospel's  cause,  with  joy, 
Our  hands,  our  hearts,  we  would  employ ! 
O  smile  upon  us,  from  above, 

That  bless'd  may  be  our  work  of  love. 

3  Then  let  us  feel  thy  presence  near, 
Whilst  met  in  holy  union  here  : 

Oar  zsal,  our  love,  do  thou  increase, 
And  let  us  reap  the  fruits  of  peaca. 


DEATH  AND  FlXEEALS. 

Death  of  a  scholar. 

A  MOURNING  class,  a  vacant  seat, 
Toll  us  that  one  we  loved  to  meet, 
Will  join  fir  youthful  throng  no  mere 
Till  all  these  charging  scenes  are  o'er. 

S  No  more  thai  v  ice  we  loved  to  hear 
Shall  fill  her  teacher's  list'ning  ear; 
No  more  its  t  'lies  shall  join  to  swell 
The  sougs  that  of  a  Saviour  tell. 

3  That  welcome  face,  that  sparkling  eye, 
And  sprightly  form,  must  buried  lie 
Deep  in  the  cold  and  silent  gloom, 

The  rayleas  night,  that  fills  the  tomb. 

4  God  fells  us.  by  this-  mournful  death, 
How  vain  and  fleeting  is  our  breath, 
And  bids  our  souls  prepare  to  meet 
The  trial  of  his  judgment-seat. 

71  8th  P.  M.  87,  87,  47. 

Death  of  a  scholar. 
T17HERE  we  oft  have  met  in  gladness, 
\  \    On  t 

Slowly  now,  with  tearful  sadness, 
Each  pursues  his  lonely  way, 

Tears  are  falling — 
On  this  holy  Sabbath-day. 
2  One  vre  loved  has  ljft  cv.r  r.nrrfbcr 

For  the  dark  and  silent  tcnib; 
CI  Bed  I-''  eyes  in  deathless  slumber— 
in  his  early  bloom: 
Hear  us,  Saviour, — 
Thou  hast  blest  the  lonely  tomb. 


DEATH   A> 

3  Through  its  dark      «  Jejsus  -portal 
Once  they  bore  thee  to  thy  resi ; 

There  a  ray 'of  light  immortal, 
Like  a  sunbeam  from  the  west, 

Burst  the  shadows — 
And  the  grave  thenceforth  was      «t. 

4  By  the  light  that  thus  was  given 
To  the  darkness  of  the  toinb-^- 

By  the  blessed  light  of  fa  aven, 
Gilding  scenes  of  tart':;1:"  gloom, — 

Star  of  gladness,—      v 
All  our  night  with  joy  illume. 

5  From  our  circle,  little  brother, 
Early  hast  thou  pass'd  away! 

But  the  angels  say,— Another 
Joins  our  holy  song  to-day ! 

Weep  no  longer — 
Join  with  thern  the  sabred  lay. 

72  6th  P.  M.  6  lines  7s, 

The  early  dead. 

CHILDREN,  like  the  early  flower, 
Often  droop  and  lose  their  bloom- 
Pass  away  in  childhood's  hour, 
To  the  cold  and  silent  tomb- 
Bodies  laid  beneath  the  sod — 
Spirits  gone  away  to  God  1 

2  Oft  along  the  busy  street, 
Sad  and  tearful  mourners  go ; 

Mothers  for  their  children  weep, 

Weep  that  death  has  laid  them  low; 

Nipp'd  the  buds  before  their  bloom, 

Hid  them  in  the  silent  tomb. 


i       1  ■  ,        -    %      ^NERALS. 

3  Bn  ■  ho  hoar 

tv*  ming  voice, 
bug  ear, 
And  in  wisdom '6  wava  rejoice; 
Need  not  's  blow, 

Though  he  lay  the  spring-buds  low  1 

4  God  -will  gather  them  again ; 
In  his'garden  they  will  grow, 

On  that  green  and  lovely  plain, 

Where  the  crystal  waters  flow, 
Never  more  to  lay  their  head 
Faintly  on  the  cold  earth-bed. 


73  L.  M. 

Death  of  a  teacher. 

rVWE  voice  is  hush'd— the  gentle  voice, 

1  That  told  us  of  a  Saviour's  love ; 
And  made  our  youthful  hearts  rejoice, 

In  hope  of  heaven,  our  home  above. 

2  The  eye  U  dim,  the  loving,  eye, 
That  beam'd  so  fondly  on  us  here ; 

Seal'd  up  in  death,  the  anxious  sigh. 
No  more  bedews  it  with  a  tear! 

8  But  in  the  land  beyond  the  grave, 
That  voice  will  swell  in  rapturous  tone, 

The  song,  to  Him  -who  died  to  save, 
And  bring  the  weary  trav-ler  home. 

4  That  eye,  with  holy  radiance  bright, 
Shall  kindle  like  the  stars  of  even ; 

Like  them  shall  pierce  the  shades  of  night, 
And  sweetly  shine  on  us  from  heaven. 

5  That  brow  shall  wear  its  glitt'ring  crown, 
When  sun  and  stars  no  more  shall  shine; 

When  death  shall  lay  his  sceptre  down — 
The  grave  her  empire  shall  resign. 


DEATH  AND  FUNERALS.       45 

6  Then  let  us  weep  a3  Jesus  wept; 

Hallow'd  by  love  each  gentle  sigh ; 
Since  in  the  grave  our  Saviour  slept, 

The  Christian  need  not  fear  to  die. 

74-  9th  P.  M.  8T,  ST. 

Funeral  hymn. 

SISTER,  thou  wast  mild  and  lovely, 
Gentle  as  the  summer  breeze, 
Pleasant  as  the  air  of  evening; 
When  it  floats  among  the  trees. 

2  Peaceful  be  thy  silent  slumber, 
Peaceful  in  the  grave  so  low  : 

Thou  no  more  wilt  join  our  number,— 
Thou  no  more  our  songs  shalt  know. 

S  Dearest  sister,  thou  hast  left  us ! 

Here  thy  loss  we  deeply  feel ; 
But  'tis  God  that  hath  bereft  us, 

He  can  all  our  sorrow  heal. 

4  Yet  again  we  hope  fct  jieet  thee, 

When  the  day  of  lite,  is  fled, 
Then,  in  heaven,  with  joy  to  greet  theo, 

Where  no  farewell  tear  is  shed. 

75  c.  k 

At  a  funeral. 

CALM  on  the  bosom  of  thy  God, 
Dear  spirit,  rest  thee  now; 
E'en  while  with  ours  thy  footsteps  trod, 
His  seal  was  on  thy  brow. 

2  Du3t,  to  its  narrow  home  beneath ; 

Soul,  to  its  rest  on  high ; 
They  that  have  seen  thy  look  in  deatli. 

No  more  may  fear  to  die. 


DOXOIOGIES. 

5th  P.  M.  4  Una  Ts. 

nl.ORY  to  the  Father  give, 
„  God,  in  whom  we  move  and  live ; 
Children's  prayers  he  deigns  to  hear, 
Children's  songs  delight  Lis  car. 
2  Glory  to  the  Son  we  bring, 
Christ,  our  Prophet,  Priest,  and  Kiag; 
Children,  raise  your  sweetest  strain 
To  the  Lamb,  for  he  was  slain. 
S  Glory  to  the  Holy  Ghost; 
Be  this  day  a  pen: 
Children's  "minds  may  he  inspire, 
Touch  their  tongues  with  holy  fire. 
4  Glorv  in  the  highest  be 
To  the' blessed  Trinity, 
For  the  Gospel  from  above, 
For  the  word  that  "  God  is  love." 

77  l.  if. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord,  who  kindly  rules 
And  governs  all  our  Sunday-schools  ; 
Let  children,  with  the  cherub  host, 
Praise  Father.  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost. 

78  c  m. 

rro  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghcst, 
1    Who  sweetly  all  agree, 
To  save  a  world  of  sinners  lost, 
Eternal  glory  be. 

79  S.  M. 

(WE  to  the  FatheT  praise, 
I  Give  glorv  to  the  Si  n  : 
And  to  the  Spirit  of  his  grace 
Be  equal  honour  done. 


IXDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS. 

WITH  THE  ATJTHOES'  NAMES,  AS  FAR  A3 
ASCERTAINED. 


Page 

Almighty  Father,  heavenly  King.  Unknown  19 

Almighty  God,  thy  piercing  eye Walls    9 

Almighty  God,  to  thee  I  cry C.  Wesley  21 

A  mourning  class,  a  vacant  seat. .  Unknown  42 
Around  the  throne  of  God,  in  hea.  Unknown  22 
Assembled  in  our  school  once  mo.  Unknown  36 

Blest,  beyond  all  earthly  blessing.  Unknown  14 

Calm  on  the  bosom  of  thy  Go. 3frs.  Remans  45 
Children,  like  the  early  "flow. Mrs.  Maxwell  43 

Children  of  Jerusalem Unknown  31 

Come,  join  our  Sabbath  song.  Mrs.  Maxwell  84 
Come,  let  us  join  the  hosts  above .  C.  Wesley  7 
Come  to  the  rnercy-seat Mrs.  Maxwell    8 

Father !  from  thy  throne  above Phelps  35 

Gentle  Jesus,  meek  and  mild C.  Wesley  30 

Give  to  the  Father  praise Waits  46 

Glory  to  the  Father  give Montgomery  46 

God  has  said,  Forever  bless'd Unknown  13 

Great  God,  behold,  before  thy  th.  Unknown  37 
Great  God!  with  heart  and  tongue. Fa weeit  17 
Guardian  of  souls  !  throughout  my  .Rusting  17 

Happy  child,  whom  God  doth  ai. .  C.  Wesley  15 
Happy  the  child,  whose  tender  yea-cs.Watts  12 
Help  me  to  praise  thy  name Unknown  32 


48        INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS. 

Page 
Holy  Bible  !  took  divine T.  B.  94 

Holy  children  rend  and  pray Unknown  14 

Hew  sweet  is  the  Sabbath  . .  .SHver-st.  Col.  26 
Humble  praises,  holy  Jesus Unknown  31 

I  love  the  Sabbath-school,  the  . . .  Unknown  34 
I  think,  when  I  read  that  sweet.. JWra.  Luke  30 
In  life's  gay  mora,  let  children  le.  .J.  H.  II.  33 

Jesus  Christ,  the  Truth,  the.. JSTr*.  Maxwell  20 

Jesus,  in  Christian  love  we  meet 0.  P.  41 

Jesus,  let  a  little  child Rutting  19 

Jesus,  L"vd  of  life  and  glory I 

Jesus,  Saviour,  Son  of  Go.  BiekerstetK's  Col.  28 
Jesus,  tender  Shepherd,  hear  me.. .Duncan  33 

Let  children  proclaim  their  Savio.C.  W«»7es  20 
Little  children,  stop  and  thin.Jfr*.  Maxwell  11 
Little  rain-drops  feed  the  ri. Mra.  Sioournet/  39 

Little  travellers,  Zionward Edmeaton  40 

Lord,  we  are.  young,  thy  help  ■we..Iiusliiig  18 

May  I  love  thee,  and  adore  thee. .  Unknown  22 
Mighty  God,  while  angels  bless..  .Itobinson  33 

O  Jesus,  delight  of  mv  soul Unknown  16 

O  that  I,  like  Timothy C.  Wesley  25 

O  write  upon  my  memory,  Lord. .  Wottraon  37 

Once  more,  before  we  part Unknown  37 

Our  Father  in  heaven ifra.  Ha h  32 

Our  Saviour  bids  the  childre  .  Mrs.  MtUOweU    1 

Poor  and  needv  though  I  be Unknown  21 

Praise  ye  the  Lord,  who  kindly  ru. Rusling  46 

Saviour,  do  thou  appear Bws'ing  28 

See  that  heathen  mother  stand. Mrs.  Erown  41 
See  the  kind  Shepherd,  Jesus,  st.  Unknown  11 
Shepherd  of  thy  little  flock Unknown  20 


INDEX  TO  THE  HYMNS.       49 

Paga 

Sister,  thou  wast  mild  and  love.S.  F.  Smith  45 
Sweet  Sabbath-school,  place  de.Kennaday  35 
Swift  the  moments  fly  away Unknown  12 

The  Bible,  the  Bible,  more  preci  .  Unknmon  23 

The  light  of  Sabbath  eve Edmeston  2T 

The  sun  that  lights  the  world  sb.. Edmeston  8 
The  voice  is  hush'd,  the  gen  .Mrs.  Maxwell  44 

This  day  belongs  to  God  alone Taylor  25 

This  life  is  but  a  summer's  day. . .  Unknown  10 

This  morning,  Lord,  attend Rusting  36 

There  is  a  happy  land Unknown  29 

There  is  an  hour  when  I  must  die Watts    9 

There  is  beyond  the  sky Watts  10 

Thou  who  didst,  with  love  and  bles  .  Taylor  39 

'Tis  religion  that  can  give Mrs.  Masters  13 

To  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost  ....  Watts  46 

We  are  but  young,  yet  we  mays.  Unknown  15 

"We  now  to  Christ,  the  Saviour Unknown  38 

We  '11  not  give  up  the  Bible Unknown  24 

Welcome  to  our  festival Mrs.  Maxwell  38 

Welcome,  welcome,  day  of  rest..  .Hastings  21 
Where  we  oft  have  met 'in  g.Mrs.  Maxwell  42 
Within  these  walls  he  peace. . .   .  Unknown  29 


